The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, October 29, 1989
New Moon
0.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
7:04 AM
5:12 PM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.2%
- Age
- 0.1 days
- Distance
- 406,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 827
Events on this date
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New Moon
The Moon passes between Earth and the Sun and cannot be seen. These are the darkest nights of the month.
Exact values
For Oct 29, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 0.70° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 175.12° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.18% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 30.8° / 176.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 12m / -18.38° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 216.96° / -4.82° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.36° / 7.06° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 178.68° / -1.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 9.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.