The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, October 29, 2020
Waxing Gibbous
96.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:02 PM
5:54 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 96.5%
- Age
- 12.9 days
- Distance
- 406,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Lunation number
- 1210
Events on this date
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Moon and Mars close together
They pass 2.7° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Oct 29, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 158.82° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 21.61° |
| Illuminated fraction | 96.49% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -48.5° / 359.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 04m / 1.80° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 15.52° / -4.66° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.99° / 6.66° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 23.29° / 1.14° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 234.4° |
| 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.