The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, April 29, 1920
Waxing Gibbous
88.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 44°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:21 PM
4:34 AM
44°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 88.7%
- Age
- 10.8 days
- Distance
- 389,700 km
- Apparent size
- 30.7′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- -33
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 | 140.81° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 39.25° |
| Illuminated fraction | 88.72% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -51.0° / 25.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 53m / -3.42° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 179.84° / -3.79° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.11° / 5.30° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 44.71° / 0.18° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 288.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.