The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, October 29, 1920
Waning Gibbous
94.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
8:23 PM
10:09 AM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 94.3%
- Age
- 17.6 days
- Distance
- 366,300 km
- Apparent size
- 32.6′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- -27
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 | 207.69° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 27.72° |
| Illuminated fraction | 94.26% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -17.1° / 313.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 08m / 18.51° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 63.63° / -2.41° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.61° / 3.72° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -29.46° / -0.02° |
| Position angle of the axis | 347.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 85.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.