The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, October 29, 1974
Waxing Gibbous
97.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 63°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:35 PM
5:30 AM
63°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 97.9%
- Age
- 14.2 days
- Distance
- 391,100 km
- Apparent size
- 30.5′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 641
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 | 163.91° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 16.53° |
| Illuminated fraction | 97.93% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -37.5° / 15.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 07m / 11.47° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 19.81° / 4.02° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.34° / -4.55° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 11.77° / -0.95° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 258.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.