The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, October 29, 1975
Waning Crescent
30.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 57°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:06 AM
2:25 PM
57°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 30.4%
- Age
- 24.6 days
- Distance
- 368,400 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Sextans
- Lunation number
- 653
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 | 293.28° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 113.05° |
| Illuminated fraction | 30.42% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 26.3° / 255.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 57m / 6.94° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 148.94° / -5.23° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.95° / 7.52° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -117.69° / -0.43° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 107.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.