The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, October 29, 1953
Last Quarter
48.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
1:43 PM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 48.6%
- Age
- 21.7 days
- Distance
- 395,600 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 381
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For Oct 29, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 271.81° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 91.66° |
| Illuminated fraction | 48.55% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 18.0° / 277.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 40m / 17.49° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 127.80° / -0.86° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.09° / 1.83° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -84.98° / -1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 13.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 104.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.