The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, April 29, 1980
Waxing Gibbous
99.4% 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
7:52 PM
6:33 AM
43°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.4%
- Age
- 14.5 days
- Distance
- 402,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 709
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 | 172.74° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 8.55° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.44% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -54.9° / 330.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 07m / -7.94° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 212.22° / 4.58° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.82° / -5.51° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 4.49° / -1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 318.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.