The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, October 29, 2158
Waxing Crescent
42.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
2:12 PM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 42.3%
- Age
- 7.4 days
- Distance
- 397,600 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 2917
Events on this date
-
Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 0.7° apart in the sky.
-
Mercury at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Oct 29, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 81.01° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 98.84° |
| Illuminated fraction | 42.32% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -23.9° / 97.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 57m / -20.27° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 297.28° / 0.43° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.45° / 0.09° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 92.81° / -1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 350.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 258.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.