The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, April 29, 1900
New Moon
0.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
5:36 AM
8:20 PM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.4%
- Age
- 0.5 days
- Distance
- 367,200 km
- Apparent size
- 32.5′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- -280
Events on this date
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New Moon
The Moon passes between Earth and the Sun and cannot be seen. These are the darkest nights of the month.
Exact values
For Apr 29, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 6.54° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 173.06° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.37% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 65.5° / 148.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 49m / 18.64° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 45.45° / 2.27° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.37° / -2.54° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 177.70° / 0.82° |
| Position angle of the axis | 341.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 237.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.