The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, October 29, 1956
Waning Crescent
18.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 51°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:28 AM
3:05 PM
51°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 18.7%
- Age
- 25.5 days
- Distance
- 371,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.1′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 418
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 | 308.99° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 128.70° |
| Illuminated fraction | 18.74% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 32.6° / 238.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 58m / 1.17° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 165.25° / -5.03° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.59° / 7.28° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -126.07° / -0.58° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 108.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.