The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, October 29, 1931
Waning Gibbous
90.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 75°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
7:09 PM
10:10 AM
75°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 90.8%
- Age
- 18.2 days
- Distance
- 396,700 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 109
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 | 215.07° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 35.26° |
| Illuminated fraction | 90.83% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -14.5° / 324.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 32m / 26.70° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 70.39° / 4.73° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.82° / -5.46° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -40.22° / -0.82° |
| Position angle of the axis | 351.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 75.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.