The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, October 29, 1983
Waning Crescent
44.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 71°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
12:19 AM
3:27 PM
71°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 44.2%
- Age
- 23.2 days
- Distance
- 370,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 752
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 | 276.77° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 96.61° |
| Illuminated fraction | 44.24% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 36.7° / 267.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 05m / 21.18° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 132.44° / 4.28° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.47° / -4.88° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -98.54° / 1.01° |
| Position angle of the axis | 17.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 106.9° |
| 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.