The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, April 29, 1975
Waning Gibbous
82.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 28°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
9:32 AM
28°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 82.8%
- Age
- 18.0 days
- Distance
- 386,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.9′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 647
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 | 229.04° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 48.97° |
| Illuminated fraction | 82.82% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -26.0° / 263.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 50m / -21.06° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 267.76° / 2.37° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.34° / -2.55° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -42.85° / 0.58° |
| Position angle of the axis | 2.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 89.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.