The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, October 29, 2106
Waxing Crescent
7.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
10:31 AM
8:34 PM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 7.6%
- Age
- 2.7 days
- Distance
- 397,400 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 2274
Events on this date
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Moon and Mars close together
They pass 3.7° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Oct 29, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 31.81° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 148.02° |
| Illuminated fraction | 7.59% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 13.0° / 130.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 25m / -19.06° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 247.67° / 2.55° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.31° / -2.73° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 151.81° / -0.06° |
| Position angle of the axis | 10.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 275.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.