The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, October 29, 1998
Waxing Gibbous
62.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 37°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:25 PM
12:14 AM
37°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 62.9%
- Age
- 9.3 days
- Distance
- 378,400 km
- Apparent size
- 31.6′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 938
Events on this date
-
Venus behind the Sun
On the far side of the Sun and lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Oct 29, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 104.87° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 74.99° |
| Illuminated fraction | 62.95% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -27.0° / 85.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 32m / -13.84° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 320.94° / 0.71° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.96° / -0.19° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 67.54° / 1.41° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 251.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.