The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, October 29, 2141
New Moon
0.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
7:57 AM
6:17 PM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.1%
- Age
- 29.5 days
- Distance
- 394,400 km
- Apparent size
- 30.3′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2706
Events on this date
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New Moon
The Moon passes between Earth and the Sun and cannot be seen. These are the darkest nights of the month.
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Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 3.9° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Oct 29, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 359.36° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 176.30° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.10% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 30.2° / 160.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 09m / -16.84° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 215.74° / -3.63° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.25° / 5.38° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -174.65° / -1.08° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 22.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.