The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, October 29, 2140
Waning Gibbous
81.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 75°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
9:43 PM
12:15 PM
75°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 81.9%
- Age
- 18.7 days
- Distance
- 364,900 km
- Apparent size
- 32.7′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 2694
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 | 230.47° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 50.38° |
| Illuminated fraction | 81.89% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 1.9° / 300.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 47m / 24.53° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 87.10° / 1.14° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.71° / -0.85° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -44.93° / -1.37° |
| Position angle of the axis | 356.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 88.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.