The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, April 29, 1951
Waning Crescent
37.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 33°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:35 AM
1:59 PM
33°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 37.5%
- Age
- 23.2 days
- Distance
- 378,600 km
- Apparent size
- 31.6′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 350
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 | 284.64° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 104.49° |
| Illuminated fraction | 37.49% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 18.0° / 228.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 45m / -15.83° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 323.18° / -2.15° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.10° / 3.26° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -98.73° / 1.22° |
| Position angle of the axis | 342.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 70.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.