The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, October 29, 1919
Waxing Crescent
27.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
11:50 AM
9:53 PM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 27.8%
- Age
- 5.8 days
- Distance
- 402,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- -39
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 | 63.42° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 116.38° |
| Illuminated fraction | 27.78% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 1.2° / 117.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 37m / -19.52° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 278.65° / 3.66° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.25° / -4.05° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 111.64° / -0.57° |
| Position angle of the axis | 357.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 264.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.