The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, October 29, 2117
Waxing Crescent
23.7% 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
1:11 PM
9:55 PM
21°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 23.7%
- Age
- 4.3 days
- Distance
- 376,100 km
- Apparent size
- 31.8′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 2410
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 | 58.01° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 121.72° |
| Illuminated fraction | 23.71% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -11.2° / 118.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 19m / -28.58° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 274.20° / -5.22° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 8.18° / 7.39° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 129.32° / -0.77° |
| Position angle of the axis | 357.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 271.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.