The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, October 29, 1929
Waning Crescent
8.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 52°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:44 AM
4:25 PM
52°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 8.6%
- Age
- 26.8 days
- Distance
- 380,300 km
- Apparent size
- 31.4′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 84
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 | 326.08° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 145.85° |
| Illuminated fraction | 8.62% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 44.8° / 219.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 12m / 2.39° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 181.88° / 3.42° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.07° / -3.72° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -140.94° / 0.14° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 117.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.