The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, October 29, 2076
Waxing Crescent
3.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
9:42 AM
7:50 PM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 3.5%
- Age
- 1.8 days
- Distance
- 384,700 km
- Apparent size
- 31.0′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 1903
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 | 21.52° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 158.37° |
| Illuminated fraction | 3.52% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 19.6° / 138.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 47m / -18.21° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 238.64° / 1.68° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.06° / -1.61° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 153.71° / 1.05° |
| Position angle of the axis | 11.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 279.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.