The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, April 29, 1983
Waning Gibbous
93.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
11:08 PM
8:11 AM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 93.8%
- Age
- 16.3 days
- Distance
- 391,400 km
- Apparent size
- 30.5′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 746
Events on this date
-
Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 1.5° apart in the sky.
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Jupiter, Moon, and Uranus gathered
All within 1.5° of each other in the sky.
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Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 0.5° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Apr 29, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 208.96° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 28.93° |
| Illuminated fraction | 93.76% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -41.7° / 278.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 25m / -20.02° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 247.74° / 1.60° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.18° / -1.63° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -24.25° / -1.15° |
| Position angle of the axis | 8.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 97.4° |
| 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.