The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, April 29, 1969
Waxing Gibbous
91.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 43°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:48 PM
5:06 AM
43°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 91.8%
- Age
- 12.9 days
- Distance
- 378,300 km
- Apparent size
- 31.6′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 573
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 0.8° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Apr 29, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 146.61° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 33.32° |
| Illuminated fraction | 91.78% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -52.2° / 15.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 20m / -2.79° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 185.76° / -0.54° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.13° / 1.19° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 26.86° / 0.98° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 291.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.