The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, October 29, 2135
Last Quarter
54.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 75°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
2:55 PM
75°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 54.2%
- Age
- 22.3 days
- Distance
- 385,900 km
- Apparent size
- 31.0′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 2632
Events on this date
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Moon and Mars close together
They pass 3.7° apart in the sky.
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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 | 265.27° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 85.14° |
| Illuminated fraction | 54.24% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 29.7° / 278.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 18m / 24.93° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 121.10° / 5.16° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.83° / -6.08° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -92.42° / -0.47° |
| Position angle of the axis | 12.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 102.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.