The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, April 29, 1949
Waxing Crescent
1.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 71°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
7:05 AM
10:08 PM
71°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 1.7%
- Age
- 1.3 days
- Distance
- 398,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 326
Events on this date
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Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 0.7° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Apr 29, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 14.93° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 164.83° |
| Illuminated fraction | 1.74% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 53.1° / 110.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 24m / 21.19° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 53.93° / 2.50° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.43° / -2.80° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 160.32° / 0.34° |
| Position angle of the axis | 347.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 248.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.