The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, October 29, 2005
Waning Crescent
11.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 52°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:23 AM
5:02 PM
52°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 11.5%
- Age
- 26.2 days
- Distance
- 398,500 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1024
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 | 320.48° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 140.35° |
| Illuminated fraction | 11.50% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 48.9° / 207.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 51m / 2.66° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 176.81° / 1.52° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.01° / -1.36° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -143.46° / -0.62° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 114.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.