The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, October 29, 1993
Waxing Gibbous
99.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 61°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:57 PM
7:08 AM
61°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.3%
- Age
- 14.2 days
- Distance
- 405,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 876
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 | 170.60° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 9.86° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.26% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -36.5° / 349.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 35m / 13.24° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 26.86° / 3.10° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.17° / -3.45° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 8.50° / -0.76° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 262.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.