The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, October 29, 2047
Waxing Gibbous
85.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 53°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:22 PM
4:05 AM
53°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 85.5%
- Age
- 10.5 days
- Distance
- 398,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1544
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 | 135.35° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 44.75° |
| Illuminated fraction | 85.51% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -43.5° / 34.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 21m / 1.07° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 351.51° / 4.82° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.71° / -5.65° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 50.26° / -1.41° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 251.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.