The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, April 29, 1916
Waning Crescent
6.9% 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
3:54 AM
5:07 PM
57°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 6.9%
- Age
- 27.0 days
- Distance
- 385,900 km
- Apparent size
- 31.0′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- -83
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Apr 29, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 329.99° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 149.60° |
| Illuminated fraction | 6.87% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 51.3° / 218.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 26m / 7.78° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 9.03° / 4.58° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.45° / -5.63° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -144.95° / 1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 73.8° |
| 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.