The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, October 29, 2021
Waning Crescent
41.9% 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
12:36 AM
3:38 PM
71°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 41.9%
- Age
- 23.2 days
- Distance
- 391,800 km
- Apparent size
- 30.5′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 1222
Events on this date
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Venus at greatest elongation
47° from the Sun in the evening sky, its best showing after sunset.
Exact values
For Oct 29, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 279.54° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 99.35° |
| Illuminated fraction | 41.88% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 38.9° / 264.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 20m / 20.86° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 135.99° / 5.05° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.23° / -5.95° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -106.13° / 0.69° |
| Position angle of the axis | 18.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 108.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.