The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, October 29, 2042
Waning Gibbous
98.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 67°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
7:00 PM
8:59 AM
67°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.9%
- Age
- 15.6 days
- Distance
- 358,400 km
- Apparent size
- 33.3′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 1482
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 | 191.94° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 12.20° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.87% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -24.4° / 329.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 00m / 19.84° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 48.31° / 2.67° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.95° / -2.77° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -9.31° / -0.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 344.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 63.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.