The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, October 29, 2014
Waxing Crescent
34.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 33°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:15 PM
11:41 PM
33°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 34.0%
- Age
- 5.8 days
- Distance
- 373,900 km
- Apparent size
- 31.9′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1136
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 | 71.09° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 108.69° |
| Illuminated fraction | 33.97% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -13.6° / 101.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 12m / -17.10° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 287.25° / 5.26° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.79° / -6.10° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 105.31° / 0.44° |
| Position angle of the axis | 352.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 261.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.