The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, April 29, 1961
Waxing Gibbous
98.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:22 PM
5:13 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.6%
- Age
- 14.5 days
- Distance
- 385,300 km
- Apparent size
- 31.0′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 474
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 | 166.76° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 13.78° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.56% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -56.4° / 7.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 42m / -6.30° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 205.90° / 3.98° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.26° / -4.73° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 7.76° / -1.41° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 305.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.