The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, October 29, 1917
Waxing Gibbous
99.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:56 PM
6:14 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.4%
- Age
- 13.6 days
- Distance
- 365,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.7′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- -64
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 | 172.47° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 8.79° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.41% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -35.1° / 5.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 38m / 15.13° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 28.19° / 4.60° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.33° / -5.21° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 11.02° / -1.30° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 274.8° |
| 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.