The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, October 29, 2181
Waning Gibbous
59.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 66°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:43 PM
66°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 59.2%
- Age
- 21.1 days
- Distance
- 404,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 3201
Events on this date
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Mercury and Mars close together
They pass 0.5° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Oct 29, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 259.51° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 79.40° |
| Illuminated fraction | 59.20% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 18.1° / 275.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 49m / 15.70° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 116.20° / -5.28° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.60° / 7.49° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -81.38° / 0.24° |
| Position angle of the axis | 10.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 101.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.