The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, October 29, 2016
Waning Crescent
1.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 43°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:46 AM
6:22 PM
43°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 1.1%
- Age
- 28.7 days
- Distance
- 405,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1160
Events on this date
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Venus and Saturn close together
They pass 3.0° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Oct 29, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 348.37° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 167.83° |
| Illuminated fraction | 1.12% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 42.2° / 167.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 38m / -6.42° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 205.04° / 3.51° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.68° / -4.08° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -165.95° / 1.32° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 125.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.