The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, October 29, 2187
Waning Crescent
5.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 51°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:16 AM
5:50 PM
51°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 5.9%
- Age
- 27.4 days
- Distance
- 362,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.9′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 3275
Events on this date
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Mercury behind the Sun
On the far side of the Sun and lost in its glare.
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 362,800 km.
Exact values
For Oct 29, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 332.35° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 151.86° |
| Illuminated fraction | 5.91% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 50.4° / 188.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 39m / 1.24° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 188.57° / 5.04° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.08° / -5.94° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -151.40° / 1.24° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 121.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.