The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, April 29, 1932
Waning Crescent
30.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 36°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:59 AM
2:47 PM
36°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 30.2%
- Age
- 23.6 days
- Distance
- 397,500 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 115
Events on this date
-
Mars and Uranus close together
They pass 0.2° apart in the sky.
-
Mars, Mercury, and Uranus gathered
All within 5.6° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For Apr 29, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 293.48° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 113.33° |
| Illuminated fraction | 30.20% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 25.5° / 223.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 21m / -12.43° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 332.59° / -2.01° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.63° / 3.06° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -107.13° / 1.12° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 67.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.