The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, October 29, 2105
Last Quarter
54.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 66°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:04 PM
66°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 54.6%
- Age
- 21.6 days
- Distance
- 375,000 km
- Apparent size
- 31.9′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 2261
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For Oct 29, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 264.83° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 84.70° |
| Illuminated fraction | 54.62% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 22.0° / 271.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 08m / 15.33° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 120.93° / -4.71° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.68° / 6.75° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -78.34° / -0.54° |
| Position angle of the axis | 11.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 102.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.