The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, October 29, 1988
Waning Gibbous
76.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 78°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
9:59 PM
1:08 PM
78°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 76.3%
- Age
- 18.8 days
- Distance
- 385,900 km
- Apparent size
- 31.0′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 814
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 | 238.21° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 58.20° |
| Illuminated fraction | 76.34% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 9.9° / 297.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 21m / 28.10° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 94.67° / 4.74° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.40° / -5.54° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -51.06° / -1.30° |
| Position angle of the axis | 1.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 89.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.