The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, October 29, 2001
Waxing Gibbous
93.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 50°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:45 PM
4:10 AM
50°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 93.6%
- Age
- 12.9 days
- Distance
- 400,800 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Lunation number
- 975
Events on this date
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Mercury at greatest elongation
19° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.
Exact values
For Oct 29, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 151.11° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 29.21° |
| Illuminated fraction | 93.64% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -47.4° / 32.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 35m / -1.66° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 7.46° / -5.03° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.22° / 7.21° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 26.57° / 1.29° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 236.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.