The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, October 29, 1950
Waning Gibbous
87.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 77°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
7:35 PM
10:48 AM
77°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 87.1%
- Age
- 18.1 days
- Distance
- 405,800 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 344
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 | 221.89° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 42.03° |
| Illuminated fraction | 87.14% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -9.8° / 319.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 04m / 27.93° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 77.60° / 5.08° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.78° / -5.96° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -43.99° / -1.02° |
| Position angle of the axis | 354.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 79.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.