The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, October 29, 1961
Waning Gibbous
65.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 69°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
10:30 PM
12:24 PM
69°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 65.9%
- Age
- 19.9 days
- Distance
- 397,400 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 480
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 | 251.60° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 71.48° |
| Illuminated fraction | 65.88% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 3.5° / 291.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 15m / 19.28° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 107.64° / -3.03° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.57° / 4.62° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -66.37° / 1.50° |
| Position angle of the axis | 8.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 98.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.