The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, October 29, 2015
Waning Gibbous
93.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 65°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:41 PM
10:12 AM
65°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 93.2%
- Age
- 16.7 days
- Distance
- 367,100 km
- Apparent size
- 32.5′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 1148
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 | 209.91° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 30.17° |
| Illuminated fraction | 93.23% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -17.1° / 309.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 19m / 16.62° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 65.82° / -4.72° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.98° / 6.76° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -24.11° / 0.95° |
| Position angle of the axis | 349.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 89.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.