The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, October 29, 2018
Waning Gibbous
72.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 71°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
10:52 PM
12:59 PM
71°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 72.4%
- Age
- 20.5 days
- Distance
- 371,300 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 1185
Events on this date
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Mercury and Jupiter close together
They pass 3.1° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Oct 29, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 243.49° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 63.38° |
| Illuminated fraction | 72.41% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 9.3° / 289.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 42m / 21.28° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 99.67° / -1.81° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.38° / 3.05° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -65.10° / 1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 5.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 95.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.