The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, October 23, 2029
Waning Gibbous
98.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
7:07 PM
9:07 AM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.5%
- Age
- 15.9 days
- Distance
- 406,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 1321
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Oct 23, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 193.80° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 14.18° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.48% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -24.1° / 327.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 43m / 19.43° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 44.34° / 3.44° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.27° / -3.97° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -14.53° / -1.35° |
| Position angle of the axis | 341.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 60.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.