The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, October 29, 2169
Waxing Gibbous
67.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 34°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
4:07 PM
1:39 AM
34°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 67.8%
- Age
- 9.3 days
- Distance
- 404,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 3053
Events on this date
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Moon, Neptune, Saturn, and Uranus gathered
All within 7.9° of each other in the sky.
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Moon, Saturn, and Uranus gathered
All within 5.2° of each other in the sky.
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 3.9° apart in the sky.
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 404,700 km.
Exact values
For Oct 29, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 110.76° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 69.17° |
| Illuminated fraction | 67.78% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -45.8° / 71.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 05m / -16.87° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 327.35° / -4.78° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.54° / 6.79° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 70.40° / 1.10° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 247.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.