The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, October 29, 2010
Waning Gibbous
59.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 70°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
1:57 PM
70°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 59.7%
- Age
- 21.9 days
- Distance
- 375,900 km
- Apparent size
- 31.8′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 1086
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 | 258.93° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 78.79° |
| Illuminated fraction | 59.72% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 20.3° / 278.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 47m / 19.35° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 115.06° / -1.80° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.61° / 2.93° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -83.71° / -1.32° |
| Position angle of the axis | 8.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 100.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.