The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, October 29, 2056
Waning Gibbous
69.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 72°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
11:00 PM
1:22 PM
72°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 69.5%
- Age
- 20.5 days
- Distance
- 399,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 1655
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 | 247.24° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 67.09° |
| Illuminated fraction | 69.46% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 13.3° / 287.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 02m / 22.62° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 104.20° / -0.05° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.22° / 0.76° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -72.69° / 1.46° |
| Position angle of the axis | 7.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 96.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.