The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, October 29, 1957
Waxing Crescent
42.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 34°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:51 PM
11:27 PM
34°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 42.9%
- Age
- 6.5 days
- Distance
- 396,600 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 431
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 | 81.65° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 98.16° |
| Illuminated fraction | 42.90% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -9.5° / 102.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 55m / -15.57° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 297.67° / 5.16° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.39° / -6.00° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 104.03° / -0.12° |
| Position angle of the axis | 349.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 258.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.