The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, October 29, 2054
Waning Crescent
2.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 45°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:21 AM
6:16 PM
45°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 2.0%
- Age
- 28.3 days
- Distance
- 366,900 km
- Apparent size
- 32.6′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1630
Events on this date
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Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 2.0° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Oct 29, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 344.33° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 163.77° |
| Illuminated fraction | 1.99% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 44.8° / 172.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 23m / -4.28° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 200.79° / 4.13° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.22° / -4.79° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -161.35° / 1.45° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 124.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.