The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, October 29, 2022
Waxing Crescent
21.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 22°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
12:53 PM
9:47 PM
22°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 21.7%
- Age
- 4.2 days
- Distance
- 368,300 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1235
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 368,300 km.
Exact values
For Oct 29, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 55.36° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 124.43° |
| Illuminated fraction | 21.73% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -8.4° / 119.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 07m / -27.37° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 271.58° / -3.94° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.11° / 5.72° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 123.98° / 0.22° |
| Position angle of the axis | 357.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 272.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.