The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, October 29, 2163
Waxing Crescent
5.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
10:00 AM
8:23 PM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 5.4%
- Age
- 1.9 days
- Distance
- 363,200 km
- Apparent size
- 32.9′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 2979
Events on this date
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Mercury, Moon, and Venus gathered
All within 7.2° of each other in the sky.
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 363,200 km.
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Moon and Venus close together
They pass 4.9° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Oct 29, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 26.45° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 153.25° |
| Illuminated fraction | 5.35% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 17.6° / 133.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 05m / -17.00° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 242.50° / 3.71° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.26° / -4.15° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 152.58° / 0.48° |
| Position angle of the axis | 11.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 274.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.