The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, October 29, 2184
Waning Crescent
18.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 57°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:23 AM
4:34 PM
57°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 18.9%
- Age
- 25.0 days
- Distance
- 398,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 3238
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 0.6° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Oct 29, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 308.64° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 128.51° |
| Illuminated fraction | 18.87% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 47.5° / 225.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 09m / 6.78° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 165.59° / 1.20° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.92° / -1.04° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -122.47° / 1.44° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 113.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.