The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, April 29, 1952
Waxing Crescent
27.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 76°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
10:13 AM
1:14 AM
76°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 27.3%
- Age
- 5.4 days
- Distance
- 401,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 363
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 3.3° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Apr 29, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 62.78° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 117.03° |
| Illuminated fraction | 27.28% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 16.6° / 69.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 54m / 26.50° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 102.05° / 3.61° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.92° / -4.26° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 119.17° / 1.48° |
| Position angle of the axis | 4.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 274.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.