The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, October 29, 1948
Waning Crescent
8.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 52°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:40 AM
4:21 PM
52°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 8.9%
- Age
- 26.9 days
- Distance
- 364,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.8′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 319
Events on this date
-
Moon and Venus close together
They pass 1.9° apart in the sky.
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 363,900 km.
Exact values
For Oct 29, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 325.48° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 145.30° |
| Illuminated fraction | 8.89% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 44.0° / 220.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 11m / 2.00° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 181.67° / 2.91° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.63° / -3.01° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -144.76° / -0.06° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 116.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.