The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, October 29, 1970
Waning Crescent
0.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 34°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:23 AM
4:56 PM
34°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.5%
- Age
- 29.1 days
- Distance
- 395,200 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 591
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 | 353.48° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 172.17° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.47% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 33.9° / 184.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 43m / -15.28° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 209.35° / -4.31° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.87° / 6.39° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -177.50° / -1.41° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 72.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.