The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, April 29, 1928
Waxing Gibbous
77.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 59°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:31 PM
4:35 AM
59°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 77.0%
- Age
- 9.4 days
- Distance
- 395,800 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 66
Events on this date
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Venus and Jupiter close together
They pass 0.4° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Apr 29, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 122.70° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 57.33° |
| Illuminated fraction | 76.99% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -31.8° / 33.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 01m / 11.96° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 161.78° / 5.21° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.72° / -6.25° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 63.31° / -0.83° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 295.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.