The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, October 29, 1978
Waning Crescent
5.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 47°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:30 AM
4:35 PM
47°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 5.2%
- Age
- 27.4 days
- Distance
- 387,400 km
- Apparent size
- 30.8′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 690
Events on this date
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Mercury, Uranus, and Venus gathered
All within 7.8° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For Oct 29, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 333.77° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 153.68° |
| Illuminated fraction | 5.18% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 42.8° / 208.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 38m / -2.74° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 189.70° / 1.20° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.11° / -0.89° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -158.83° / 1.00° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 114.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.