The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, October 29, 2103
Waning Crescent
2.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 37°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:40 AM
5:32 PM
37°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 2.0%
- Age
- 28.3 days
- Distance
- 401,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2236
Events on this date
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Uranus at opposition
Opposite the Sun in the sky: up all night and at its brightest for the year.
Exact values
For Oct 29, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 344.66° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 163.87° |
| Illuminated fraction | 1.97% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 36.8° / 177.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 07m / -12.44° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 200.25° / -4.90° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.06° / 7.09° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -167.02° / -1.38° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 92.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.