The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, October 29, 2082
Waxing Gibbous
61.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 36°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
3:25 PM
1:08 AM
36°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 61.8%
- Age
- 7.9 days
- Distance
- 392,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.4′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 1977
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 | 103.56° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 76.30° |
| Illuminated fraction | 61.85% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -38.4° / 77.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 31m / -15.07° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 320.24° / -0.35° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.80° / 1.00° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 83.67° / -1.49° |
| Position angle of the axis | 342.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 251.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.