The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, April 29, 1939
Waxing Gibbous
81.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 49°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:18 PM
3:03 AM
49°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 81.5%
- Age
- 10.0 days
- Distance
- 369,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 202
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 | 129.08° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 50.93° |
| Illuminated fraction | 81.51% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -34.4° / 53.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 08m / 1.14° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 167.57° / -4.10° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.57° / 5.65° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 52.58° / -0.00° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 289.2° |
| 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.