The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, October 29, 1999
Waning Gibbous
70.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 70°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
11:07 PM
1:08 PM
70°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 70.3%
- Age
- 20.2 days
- Distance
- 367,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.5′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 950
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 | 246.16° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 66.05° |
| Illuminated fraction | 70.30% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 10.9° / 287.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 51m / 20.65° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 101.94° / -2.26° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.10° / 3.60° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -61.30° / 1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 6.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 96.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.