The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, October 29, 2068
Waxing Crescent
11.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 29°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
11:10 AM
9:02 PM
29°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 11.3%
- Age
- 3.5 days
- Distance
- 393,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.4′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 1804
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 1.8° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Oct 29, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 39.23° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 140.62° |
| Illuminated fraction | 11.35% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 7.1° / 125.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 01m / -20.64° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 256.30° / 2.09° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.01° / -2.05° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 135.02° / -0.48° |
| Position angle of the axis | 6.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 273.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.