The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, October 29, 2009
Waxing Gibbous
82.2% 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
4:13 PM
3:36 AM
50°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 82.2%
- Age
- 11.4 days
- Distance
- 396,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1074
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 | 130.04° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 49.96° |
| Illuminated fraction | 82.17% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -43.8° / 42.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 04m / -1.72° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 346.41° / 3.95° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.15° / -4.51° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 45.66° / -1.54° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 250.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.