The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, April 29, 1938
Waning Crescent
0.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 64°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:00 AM
8:07 PM
64°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.5%
- Age
- 28.9 days
- Distance
- 369,300 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 189
Events on this date
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Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 3.2° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Apr 29, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 352.50° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 172.14° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.47% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 60.7° / 150.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 53m / 14.03° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 31.17° / 2.29° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.61° / -2.52° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -177.16° / 0.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 83.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.