The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, October 29, 1906
Waxing Gibbous
94.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 50°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:46 PM
4:13 AM
50°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 94.0%
- Age
- 11.8 days
- Distance
- 395,200 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Lunation number
- -200
Events on this date
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Venus at its brightest
Shines at magnitude -4.8, as bright as it gets this time around.
Exact values
For Oct 29, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 151.80° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 28.43° |
| Illuminated fraction | 93.97% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -47.1° / 31.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 33m / -1.12° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 7.17° / -4.32° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.19° / 6.31° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 33.39° / 1.57° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 237.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.