The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, April 29, 1924
Waning Crescent
16.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 44°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:41 AM
4:24 PM
44°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 16.8%
- Age
- 25.4 days
- Distance
- 393,400 km
- Apparent size
- 30.4′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 16
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 1.0° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Apr 29, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 311.79° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 131.66° |
| Illuminated fraction | 16.77% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 39.7° / 209.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 29m / -5.30° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 350.84° / -1.82° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.33° / 2.92° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -125.79° / -1.47° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 64.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.