The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, October 29, 1971
Waxing Gibbous
75.8% 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
4:01 PM
2:41 AM
45°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 75.8%
- Age
- 10.3 days
- Distance
- 367,600 km
- Apparent size
- 32.5′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 604
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 | 120.97° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 58.94° |
| Illuminated fraction | 75.80% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -43.8° / 55.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 30m / -7.05° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 336.55° / 2.21° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.48° / -2.20° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 53.25° / -1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 249.3° |
| 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.