The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, October 29, 1921
Waning Crescent
2.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 42°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:20 AM
4:54 PM
42°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 2.1%
- Age
- 28.2 days
- Distance
- 370,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- -15
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 | 343.37° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 163.33° |
| Illuminated fraction | 2.10% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 40.7° / 195.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 11m / -7.40° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 199.12° / 0.10° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.87° / 0.55° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -159.62° / 0.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 110.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.