The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, October 29, 1936
Waxing Gibbous
99.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:57 PM
6:12 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.4%
- Age
- 14.3 days
- Distance
- 356,800 km
- Apparent size
- 33.5′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 171
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 356,600 km.
Exact values
For Oct 29, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 172.25° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 8.83° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.41% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -35.4° / 6.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 39m / 14.91° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 28.36° / 4.30° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.70° / -4.80° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 7.21° / -1.18° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 272.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.