The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, October 29, 1963
Waxing Gibbous
88.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 45°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:20 PM
3:06 AM
45°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 88.1%
- Age
- 12.2 days
- Distance
- 367,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.6′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 505
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 | 139.80° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 40.34° |
| Illuminated fraction | 88.11% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -46.3° / 48.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 51m / -6.24° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 355.35° / -4.79° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.88° / 6.89° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 34.14° / 1.44° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 240.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.