The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, October 29, 2175
Full Moon
99.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 65°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:14 PM
7:54 AM
65°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.8%
- Age
- 14.8 days
- Distance
- 356,600 km
- Apparent size
- 33.5′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 3127
Events on this date
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Full Moon
The whole disc is lit. The Moon rises around sunset and stays up all night.
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 356,600 km.
Exact values
For Oct 29, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 179.34° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 4.76° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.83% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -30.7° / 341.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 06m / 17.79° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 35.48° / 4.72° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.60° / -5.43° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 0.58° / -1.44° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 324.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.