The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, October 29, 2066
Waxing Gibbous
87.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 55°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:29 PM
4:20 AM
55°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 87.4%
- Age
- 10.6 days
- Distance
- 380,900 km
- Apparent size
- 31.4′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1779
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 | 138.51° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 41.64° |
| Illuminated fraction | 87.36% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -43.2° / 30.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 34m / 2.69° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 355.07° / 5.07° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.06° / -5.90° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 46.48° / -1.27° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 251.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.