The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, April 4, 1929
Waning Crescent
27.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 26°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
3:51 AM
1:24 PM
26°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 27.8%
- Age
- 24.3 days
- Distance
- 396,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 77
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Apr 4, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 296.67° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 116.42° |
| Illuminated fraction | 27.75% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 11.7° / 226.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 00m / -22.34° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 311.11° / -5.09° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.84° / 7.16° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -121.60° / -0.98° |
| Position angle of the axis | 343.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 71.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.