The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, October 29, 2053
Waning Gibbous
93.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 65°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:39 PM
10:08 AM
65°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 93.5%
- Age
- 17.8 days
- Distance
- 369,400 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 1618
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 3.3° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Oct 29, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 209.19° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 29.51° |
| Illuminated fraction | 93.51% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -17.7° / 310.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 20m / 16.32° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 65.89° / -5.03° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.29° / 7.17° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -31.71° / 1.21° |
| Position angle of the axis | 349.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 90.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.