The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, October 29, 1976
First Quarter
47.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 36°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
2:10 PM
36°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 47.4%
- Age
- 6.5 days
- Distance
- 383,000 km
- Apparent size
- 31.2′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 666
Events on this date
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First Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon is high at sunset and sets around midnight.
Exact values
For Oct 29, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 86.90° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 92.93° |
| Illuminated fraction | 47.44% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -24.1° / 89.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 17m / -14.26° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 303.27° / 5.30° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 8.36° / -6.17° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 100.74° / 0.09° |
| Position angle of the axis | 346.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 256.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.