The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, October 29, 1995
Waxing Crescent
36.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 33°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:26 PM
10:56 PM
33°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 36.8%
- Age
- 5.5 days
- Distance
- 369,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 901
Events on this date
-
Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 4.8° apart in the sky.
-
Moon, Neptune, and Uranus gathered
All within 5.8° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For Oct 29, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 74.49° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 105.31° |
| Illuminated fraction | 36.80% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -4.8° / 108.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 25m / -16.71° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 290.29° / 5.25° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.89° / -6.02° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 108.62° / 0.25° |
| Position angle of the axis | 351.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 260.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.