The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, October 29, 1909
Waning Gibbous
99.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 62°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:19 PM
7:39 AM
62°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.0%
- Age
- 15.4 days
- Distance
- 359,900 km
- Apparent size
- 33.2′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- -163
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 | 191.08° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 11.21° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.05% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -33.6° / 342.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 59m / 15.05° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 46.73° / -1.87° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.12° / 3.16° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -7.57° / 0.83° |
| Position angle of the axis | 344.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 87.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.