The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, April 29, 1956
Waning Gibbous
80.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 28°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
9:46 AM
28°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 80.6%
- Age
- 18.6 days
- Distance
- 403,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 412
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 | 232.32° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 52.23° |
| Illuminated fraction | 80.63% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -23.5° / 260.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 07m / -21.36° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 271.62° / 2.07° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.23° / -2.18° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -51.24° / 0.77° |
| Position angle of the axis | 1.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 88.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.