The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, October 29, 2038
Waxing Crescent
3.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
9:36 AM
7:58 PM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 3.5%
- Age
- 1.5 days
- Distance
- 358,400 km
- Apparent size
- 33.3′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 1433
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Oct 29, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 21.46° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 158.30° |
| Illuminated fraction | 3.54% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 20.6° / 137.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 45m / -16.82° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 237.79° / 2.92° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.55° / -3.13° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 161.31° / 1.27° |
| Position angle of the axis | 11.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 277.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.