The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, April 29, 1950
Waxing Gibbous
90.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 45°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:34 PM
4:04 AM
45°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 90.8%
- Age
- 12.4 days
- Distance
- 363,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.9′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 338
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 | 144.60° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 35.32° |
| Illuminated fraction | 90.79% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -44.9° / 37.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 13m / -1.04° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 183.41° / 0.34° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.60° / 0.03° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 30.16° / 0.81° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 293.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.