The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, April 29, 1929
Waning Gibbous
72.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 22°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
1:19 AM
10:14 AM
22°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 72.3%
- Age
- 19.8 days
- Distance
- 404,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 78
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Apr 29, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 243.63° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 63.56° |
| Illuminated fraction | 72.26% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -17.4° / 248.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 56m / -26.97° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 282.46° / -4.12° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.40° / 5.76° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -66.06° / -0.34° |
| Position angle of the axis | 353.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 87.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.