The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, October 29, 1908
Waxing Crescent
20.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 25°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
11:23 AM
8:49 PM
25°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 20.2%
- Age
- 4.4 days
- Distance
- 379,400 km
- Apparent size
- 31.5′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- -175
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Oct 29, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 53.23° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 126.65° |
| Illuminated fraction | 20.15% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 4.9° / 127.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 56m / -23.64° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 269.12° / -0.19° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.12° / 0.91° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 121.91° / 1.23° |
| Position angle of the axis | 358.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 270.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.