The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, October 29, 1916
Waxing Crescent
10.1% 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
10:16 AM
7:27 PM
24°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 10.1%
- Age
- 2.8 days
- Distance
- 370,900 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- -76
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 | 36.91° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 142.88° |
| Illuminated fraction | 10.13% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 13.1° / 142.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 44m / -25.57° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 252.87° / -3.25° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.73° / 4.99° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 140.58° / -1.49° |
| Position angle of the axis | 8.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 282.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.