The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, October 29, 1981
Waxing Crescent
3.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 34°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:26 AM
6:57 PM
34°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 3.3%
- Age
- 1.9 days
- Distance
- 405,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 728
Events on this date
-
Venus and Neptune close together
They pass 4.5° apart in the sky.
-
Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 4.0° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Oct 29, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 20.44° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 159.07° |
| Illuminated fraction | 3.30% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 29.2° / 151.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 41m / -15.21° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 236.64° / 4.31° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.02° / -5.03° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 160.01° / 1.54° |
| Position angle of the axis | 12.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 273.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.