The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, April 29, 1970
Waning Crescent
39.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:26 AM
1:49 PM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 39.3%
- Age
- 23.5 days
- Distance
- 369,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 585
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 | 282.45° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 102.31° |
| Illuminated fraction | 39.34% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 16.5° / 230.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 37m / -15.94° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 321.37° / -1.64° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.95° / 2.64° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -102.54° / 1.32° |
| Position angle of the axis | 342.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 70.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.