The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, October 29, 1939
Waning Gibbous
97.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 65°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:40 PM
8:11 AM
65°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 97.9%
- Age
- 16.9 days
- Distance
- 388,500 km
- Apparent size
- 30.7′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 208
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 1.6° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Oct 29, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 196.78° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 16.86° |
| Illuminated fraction | 97.85% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -30.7° / 336.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 21m / 16.32° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 52.15° / -2.06° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.40° / 3.29° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -21.63° / 0.15° |
| Position angle of the axis | 343.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 84.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.