The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, October 29, 2043
Waning Crescent
9.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 49°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:47 AM
5:05 PM
49°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 9.3%
- Age
- 26.5 days
- Distance
- 395,500 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1494
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 | 324.64° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 144.55° |
| Illuminated fraction | 9.27% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 47.0° / 201.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 03m / -0.43° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 180.76° / -0.14° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.75° / 0.88° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -138.88° / -0.99° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 112.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.