The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, October 29, 2048
Last Quarter
52.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 66°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:16 PM
66°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 52.6%
- Age
- 21.9 days
- Distance
- 400,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 1556
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For Oct 29, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 267.12° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 86.97° |
| Illuminated fraction | 52.64% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 24.3° / 269.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 22m / 15.69° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 124.04° / -3.65° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.95° / 5.34° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -91.28° / -1.07° |
| Position angle of the axis | 12.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 103.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.