The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, October 29, 2051
Waning Crescent
20.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 54°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:17 AM
4:06 PM
54°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 20.6%
- Age
- 24.8 days
- Distance
- 400,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Sextans
- Lunation number
- 1593
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 | 306.16° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 125.95° |
| Illuminated fraction | 20.64% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 42.7° / 227.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 50m / 3.70° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 162.35° / -3.49° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.79° / 5.14° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -120.21° / 0.39° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 109.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.