The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, October 29, 1944
Waxing Gibbous
94.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:54 PM
5:19 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 94.5%
- Age
- 12.4 days
- Distance
- 360,300 km
- Apparent size
- 33.2′
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Lunation number
- 270
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 360,200 km.
Exact values
For Oct 29, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 153.33° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 27.03° |
| Illuminated fraction | 94.54% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -51.0° / 6.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 42m / -0.77° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 9.45° / -4.91° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.54° / 6.98° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 26.31° / 1.48° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 236.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.