The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, April 29, 1944
Waxing Crescent
44.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 69°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
12:13 PM
2:14 AM
69°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 44.5%
- Age
- 6.8 days
- Distance
- 399,800 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 264
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 | 83.51° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 96.33° |
| Illuminated fraction | 44.48% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -2.4° / 61.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 20m / 19.67° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 122.72° / 0.11° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.00° / 0.28° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 100.54° / -1.54° |
| Position angle of the axis | 15.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 283.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.