The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, October 29, 2011
Waxing Crescent
11.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 27°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
11:19 AM
8:57 PM
27°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 11.5%
- Age
- 2.8 days
- Distance
- 366,100 km
- Apparent size
- 32.6′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 1099
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 | 39.53° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 140.38° |
| Illuminated fraction | 11.48% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 5.6° / 126.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 57m / -22.58° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 255.42° / 0.06° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.81° / 0.59° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 146.44° / -0.97° |
| Position angle of the axis | 7.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 276.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.