The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, April 29, 1923
Waxing Gibbous
97.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:07 PM
5:56 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 97.6%
- Age
- 13.4 days
- Distance
- 357,900 km
- Apparent size
- 33.4′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 4
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 0.5° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Apr 29, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 162.47° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 17.69° |
| Illuminated fraction | 97.64% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -55.5° / 348.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 21m / -5.64° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 200.78° / 2.67° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.52° / -2.93° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 15.88° / -1.17° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 298.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.