The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, April 29, 1911
Waxing Crescent
0.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
5:59 AM
8:42 PM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.9%
- Age
- 0.8 days
- Distance
- 360,800 km
- Apparent size
- 33.1′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- -144
Events on this date
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Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 1.2° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Apr 29, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 10.76° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 169.19° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.89% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 63.0° / 139.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 05m / 18.28° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 49.01° / 0.83° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.65° / -0.61° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 167.46° / -0.07° |
| Position angle of the axis | 345.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 252.1° |
| 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.