The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, October 29, 1955
Waxing Gibbous
96.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:22 PM
6:04 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 96.4%
- Age
- 13.9 days
- Distance
- 371,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 406
Events on this date
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Mercury at greatest elongation
19° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.
Exact values
For Oct 29, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 158.67° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 21.76° |
| Illuminated fraction | 96.44% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -40.5° / 3.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 45m / 9.84° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 14.13° / 4.64° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.42° / -5.35° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 16.07° / -1.10° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 256.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.