The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, October 29, 1951
Waning Crescent
1.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 37°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:53 AM
4:47 PM
37°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 1.1%
- Age
- 28.6 days
- Distance
- 374,500 km
- Apparent size
- 31.9′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 356
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 5.0° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Oct 29, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 348.61° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 168.02° |
| Illuminated fraction | 1.09% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 36.0° / 190.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 24m / -12.73° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 204.08° / -3.64° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.00° / 5.51° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -173.70° / -1.28° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 90.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.