The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, October 29, 1910
Waning Crescent
10.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 54°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:27 AM
4:21 PM
54°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 10.3%
- Age
- 26.4 days
- Distance
- 398,500 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- -151
Events on this date
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Mercury and Jupiter close together
They pass 0.3° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Oct 29, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 322.81° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 142.52° |
| Illuminated fraction | 10.32% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 45.2° / 224.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 00m / 4.48° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 178.22° / 4.11° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.56° / -4.68° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -137.12° / 0.36° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 118.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.