The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, April 29, 1936
Waxing Gibbous
61.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 58°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:08 PM
3:02 AM
58°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 61.8%
- Age
- 8.1 days
- Distance
- 398,600 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 165
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 | 103.59° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 76.29° |
| Illuminated fraction | 61.85% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -21.6° / 54.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 35m / 10.38° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 142.74° / -3.76° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.29° / 5.37° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 81.92° / 1.31° |
| Position angle of the axis | 17.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 287.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.