The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, October 29, 2179
Waning Crescent
0.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 36°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:05 AM
5:57 PM
36°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.8%
- Age
- 28.7 days
- Distance
- 357,600 km
- Apparent size
- 33.4′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 3176
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 357,500 km.
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Moon and Mars close together
They pass 3.4° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Oct 29, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 350.35° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 169.79° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.79% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 35.4° / 169.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 34m / -13.30° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 206.53° / -3.30° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.76° / 4.99° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -170.07° / -0.76° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 88.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.