The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, April 29, 1921
Waning Gibbous
54.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 34°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:56 AM
12:32 PM
34°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 54.9%
- Age
- 21.3 days
- Distance
- 404,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- -21
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 404,200 km.
Exact values
For Apr 29, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 264.47° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 84.35° |
| Illuminated fraction | 54.93% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 4.9° / 246.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 17m / -14.33° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 303.26° / 5.24° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.12° / -6.36° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -84.69° / -0.34° |
| Position angle of the axis | 347.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 76.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.