The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, October 29, 2000
Waxing Crescent
6.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
9:08 AM
7:21 PM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 6.1%
- Age
- 2.4 days
- Distance
- 394,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.3′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 963
Events on this date
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Mercury at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Oct 29, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 28.32° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 151.41° |
| Illuminated fraction | 6.10% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 23.7° / 144.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 14m / -17.71° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 244.91° / 3.46° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.18° / -3.85° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 156.20° / 1.47° |
| Position angle of the axis | 8.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 275.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.