The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, April 29, 1968
Waxing Crescent
3.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 74°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
7:22 AM
10:48 PM
74°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 3.7%
- Age
- 2.0 days
- Distance
- 406,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 561
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 406,400 km.
Exact values
For Apr 29, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 22.00° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 157.67° |
| Illuminated fraction | 3.75% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 49.4° / 100.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 54m / 23.93° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 61.39° / 3.56° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.09° / -4.24° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 156.51° / 0.57° |
| Position angle of the axis | 349.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 250.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.