The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, October 29, 1942
Waning Gibbous
73.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 69°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
10:48 PM
12:42 PM
69°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 73.7%
- Age
- 19.5 days
- Distance
- 404,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 245
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 404,900 km.
Exact values
For Oct 29, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 241.81° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 61.75° |
| Illuminated fraction | 73.67% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 6.6° / 288.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 31m / 19.11° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 97.41° / -4.13° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.97° / 6.01° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -62.08° / 1.43° |
| Position angle of the axis | 3.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 95.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.