The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, April 29, 1927
Waning Crescent
5.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 50°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:50 AM
6:16 PM
50°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 5.4%
- Age
- 27.5 days
- Distance
- 359,800 km
- Apparent size
- 33.2′
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Lunation number
- 53
Events on this date
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Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 2.4° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Apr 29, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 333.74° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 153.24° |
| Illuminated fraction | 5.36% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 49.6° / 180.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 52m / 0.19° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 12.08° / -4.98° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.25° / 7.06° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -154.69° / -1.18° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 56.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.