The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, April 29, 1982
Waxing Crescent
40.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 71°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
11:47 AM
2:00 AM
71°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 40.7%
- Age
- 5.8 days
- Distance
- 371,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 734
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 | 79.15° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 100.71° |
| Illuminated fraction | 40.71% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 1.5° / 63.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 02m / 21.60° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 118.16° / 1.09° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.26° / -0.93° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 105.15° / -1.41° |
| Position angle of the axis | 13.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 281.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.