The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, October 29, 1938
Waxing Crescent
35.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:21 PM
10:39 PM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 35.1%
- Age
- 6.3 days
- Distance
- 404,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 196
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 | 72.45° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 107.35° |
| Illuminated fraction | 35.09% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -3.9° / 110.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 16m / -17.68° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 288.07° / 4.59° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.97° / -5.29° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 107.84° / -0.35° |
| Position angle of the axis | 353.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 261.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.