The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, October 29, 2072
Waning Gibbous
93.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 65°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:41 PM
10:15 AM
65°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 93.0%
- Age
- 17.9 days
- Distance
- 389,200 km
- Apparent size
- 30.7′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 1853
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 | 210.44° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 30.74° |
| Illuminated fraction | 92.98% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -16.7° / 309.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 26m / 16.55° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 67.53° / -5.07° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.79° / 7.23° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -35.50° / 1.35° |
| Position angle of the axis | 350.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 90.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.