The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, October 29, 2019
Waxing Crescent
3.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 33°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
9:30 AM
7:57 PM
33°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 3.3%
- Age
- 1.5 days
- Distance
- 369,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 1198
Events on this date
-
Moon and Venus close together
They pass 3.7° apart in the sky.
-
Mercury, Moon, and Venus gathered
All within 6.4° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For Oct 29, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 20.52° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 159.14° |
| Illuminated fraction | 3.28% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 21.8° / 137.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 40m / -15.94° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 236.46° / 3.52° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.40° / -3.93° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 165.11° / 1.37° |
| Position angle of the axis | 11.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 275.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.