The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, October 29, 1972
Last Quarter
44.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 66°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:32 AM
1:51 PM
66°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 44.6%
- Age
- 22.4 days
- Distance
- 382,300 km
- Apparent size
- 31.2′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 616
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For Oct 29, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 276.31° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 96.15° |
| Illuminated fraction | 44.64% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 19.8° / 272.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 58m / 15.13° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 132.68° / -1.95° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.76° / 3.26° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -88.79° / -1.46° |
| Position angle of the axis | 14.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 105.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.