The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, October 29, 2050
Full Moon
99.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 60°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:18 PM
7:17 AM
60°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.7%
- Age
- 13.8 days
- Distance
- 362,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.9′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 1581
Events on this date
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Full Moon
The whole disc is lit. The Moon rises around sunset and stays up all night.
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Total lunar eclipse
The Moon passes fully into Earth's shadow and turns a dim copper red. It starts at 9:43 PM, is deepest at 11:20 PM and ends at 12:56 AM. Totality lasts from 11:02 PM to 11:38 PM. Visible from Columbus from start to finish.
Exact values
For Oct 29, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 173.56° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 6.52° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.68% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -36.7° / 345.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 50m / 12.48° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 29.99° / 1.08° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.44° / -0.71° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 9.28° / -0.13° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 252.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.