The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, October 21, 2029
Waxing Gibbous
99.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 60°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:04 PM
7:10 AM
60°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.4%
- Age
- 13.9 days
- Distance
- 405,800 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1321
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Oct 21, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 172.07° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 9.16° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.36% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -37.2° / 347.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 09m / 12.36° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 20.62° / 4.65° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.54° / -5.51° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 9.78° / -1.38° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 273.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.