The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, October 29, 1977
Waning Gibbous
93.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 66°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
8:34 PM
10:15 AM
66°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 93.3%
- Age
- 16.8 days
- Distance
- 404,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 678
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 | 209.79° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 29.96° |
| Illuminated fraction | 93.32% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -16.6° / 310.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 19m / 17.29° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 65.92° / -4.06° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.33° / 5.88° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -28.67° / 0.62° |
| Position angle of the axis | 349.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 88.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.