The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, April 29, 1948
Waning Gibbous
64.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 22°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
2:03 AM
11:00 AM
22°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 64.6%
- Age
- 20.1 days
- Distance
- 400,800 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 313
Events on this date
-
Venus and Uranus close together
They pass 3.7° apart in the sky.
-
Mercury behind the Sun
On the far side of the Sun and lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Apr 29, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 253.11° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 73.03° |
| Illuminated fraction | 64.60% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -9.6° / 243.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 40m / -26.43° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 292.34° / -4.91° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.27° / 6.82° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -69.86° / -0.11° |
| Position angle of the axis | 350.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 82.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.