The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, October 29, 1907
Last Quarter
46.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 70°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
2:06 PM
70°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 46.5%
- Age
- 22.3 days
- Distance
- 403,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- -188
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
-
Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 1.6° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Oct 29, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 274.13° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 93.97° |
| Illuminated fraction | 46.54% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 21.8° / 277.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 49m / 19.79° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 129.25° / 1.91° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.61° / -1.81° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -96.02° / 1.49° |
| Position angle of the axis | 16.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 105.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.