The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, October 29, 1966
Full Moon
99.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 61°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:48 PM
8:04 AM
61°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.9%
- Age
- 15.5 days
- Distance
- 398,800 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 542
Events on this date
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Full Moon
The whole disc is lit. The Moon rises around sunset and stays up all night.
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Penumbral lunar eclipse
The Moon passes through Earth's faint outer shadow and dims slightly. It starts at 3:55 AM, is deepest at 6:12 AM and ends at 8:29 AM. Partly visible from Columbus: the Moon is below the horizon for some of it.
Exact values
For Oct 29, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 182.80° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 2.88° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.94% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -32.9° / 334.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 26m / 13.71° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 38.59° / -0.70° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.96° / 1.55° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -6.32° / 0.32° |
| Position angle of the axis | 342.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 100.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.