The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, October 29, 1960
Waxing Gibbous
75.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 43°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:08 PM
2:38 AM
43°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 75.4%
- Age
- 9.2 days
- Distance
- 375,100 km
- Apparent size
- 31.8′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 468
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 | 120.40° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 59.48° |
| Illuminated fraction | 75.39% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -44.9° / 56.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 33m / -8.43° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 336.64° / 0.69° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.25° / -0.17° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 63.48° / 1.24° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 248.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.