The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, October 29, 1911
Waxing Crescent
44.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 24°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
1:51 PM
11:05 PM
24°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 44.7%
- Age
- 7.5 days
- Distance
- 403,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- -138
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 4.7° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Oct 29, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 83.72° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 96.10° |
| Illuminated fraction | 44.69% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -18.8° / 108.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 09m / -25.56° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 298.89° / -5.28° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.55° / 7.50° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 92.99° / -0.10° |
| Position angle of the axis | 347.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 258.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.