The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, October 29, 1982
Waxing Gibbous
90.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 47°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:30 PM
4:29 AM
47°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 90.0%
- Age
- 12.7 days
- Distance
- 384,200 km
- Apparent size
- 31.1′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 740
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 | 143.31° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 36.90° |
| Illuminated fraction | 89.99% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -53.3° / 22.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 05m / -4.93° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 359.22° / -5.04° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.83° / 7.13° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 30.86° / 1.38° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 239.0° |
| 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.