The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, October 29, 2079
Waxing Crescent
21.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 21°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
12:53 PM
9:35 PM
21°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 21.2%
- Age
- 4.9 days
- Distance
- 405,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1940
Events on this date
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Mercury at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 405,300 km.
Exact values
For Oct 29, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 54.57° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 125.15° |
| Illuminated fraction | 21.21% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -8.4° / 120.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 04m / -28.34° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 270.97° / -4.91° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.06° / 6.99° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 124.74° / -0.41° |
| Position angle of the axis | 358.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 273.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.