The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, October 29, 1954
Waxing Crescent
7.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 25°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
9:48 AM
7:09 PM
25°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 7.7%
- Age
- 3.0 days
- Distance
- 405,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 394
Events on this date
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Mercury at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Oct 29, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 32.15° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 147.68° |
| Illuminated fraction | 7.74% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 16.8° / 145.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 23m / -24.09° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 247.89° / -2.49° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.01° / 3.98° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 145.15° / -1.40° |
| Position angle of the axis | 10.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 284.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.