The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, October 29, 2046
New Moon
0.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
8:17 AM
6:21 PM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.2%
- Age
- 0.2 days
- Distance
- 359,900 km
- Apparent size
- 33.2′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1532
Events on this date
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New Moon
The Moon passes between Earth and the Sun and cannot be seen. These are the darkest nights of the month.
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Mercury and Venus close together
They pass 1.9° apart in the sky.
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Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 3.8° apart in the sky.
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Mercury, Moon, and Venus gathered
All within 5.7° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For Oct 29, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 2.77° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 174.33° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.24% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 27.1° / 158.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 20m / -19.21° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 219.17° / -4.93° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.33° / 7.14° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 179.98° / -1.49° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 348.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.