The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, October 29, 2013
Waning Crescent
25.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 55°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:47 AM
3:45 PM
55°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 25.2%
- Age
- 24.6 days
- Distance
- 394,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.3′
- Constellation
- Sextans
- Lunation number
- 1123
Events on this date
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Mercury and Saturn close together
They pass 3.6° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Oct 29, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 299.95° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 119.71° |
| Illuminated fraction | 25.22% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 39.9° / 235.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 26m / 4.86° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 156.34° / -4.65° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.10° / 6.71° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -124.78° / -0.04° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 108.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.