The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, April 29, 1937
Waning Gibbous
86.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 27°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
9:02 AM
27°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 86.2%
- Age
- 18.5 days
- Distance
- 404,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 177
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 | 223.69° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 43.58° |
| Illuminated fraction | 86.22% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -31.3° / 265.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 28m / -22.59° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 262.60° / 0.65° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.50° / -0.29° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -47.46° / 0.97° |
| Position angle of the axis | 5.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 93.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.