The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, October 29, 1990
Waxing Gibbous
77.8% 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
3:02 PM
1:56 AM
47°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 77.8%
- Age
- 11.1 days
- Distance
- 379,700 km
- Apparent size
- 31.5′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 839
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 | 123.72° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 56.21° |
| Illuminated fraction | 77.81% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -33.9° / 65.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 41m / -5.09° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 339.74° / 3.05° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.97° / -3.23° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 48.94° / -1.54° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 249.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.