The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, October 29, 2058
Waxing Gibbous
95.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:54 PM
5:34 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 95.5%
- Age
- 12.1 days
- Distance
- 371,300 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Lunation number
- 1680
Events on this date
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Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 2.4° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Oct 29, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 155.75° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 24.53° |
| Illuminated fraction | 95.49% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -49.4° / 3.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 52m / 0.96° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 12.24° / -4.21° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.56° / 6.04° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 27.88° / 0.77° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 236.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.