The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, October 29, 2002
Last Quarter
44.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 72°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
2:25 PM
72°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 44.9%
- Age
- 23.2 days
- Distance
- 377,800 km
- Apparent size
- 31.6′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 987
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
-
Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 4.3° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Oct 29, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 276.00° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 95.83° |
| Illuminated fraction | 44.92% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 24.9° / 277.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 04m / 21.62° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 132.10° / 4.65° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.61° / -5.29° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -102.85° / 0.86° |
| Position angle of the axis | 17.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 106.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.