The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, October 29, 2178
Waning Gibbous
90.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 73°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
8:34 PM
11:01 AM
73°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 90.8%
- Age
- 18.4 days
- Distance
- 385,500 km
- Apparent size
- 31.0′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 3164
Events on this date
-
Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 1.8° apart in the sky.
-
Jupiter, Moon, and Saturn gathered
All within 6.7° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For Oct 29, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 215.43° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 35.36° |
| Illuminated fraction | 90.78% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -8.9° / 310.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 41m / 23.33° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 71.85° / 1.15° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.71° / -0.96° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -40.38° / -1.20° |
| Position angle of the axis | 350.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 81.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.