The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, April 29, 1986
Waning Gibbous
66.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 22°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
1:53 AM
10:46 AM
22°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 66.4%
- Age
- 20.4 days
- Distance
- 370,600 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 783
Events on this date
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Moon and Mars close together
They pass 4.0° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Apr 29, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 250.96° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 70.91° |
| Illuminated fraction | 66.35% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -11.7° / 244.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 30m / -27.10° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 290.01° / -5.21° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.70° / 7.19° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -65.27° / 0.28° |
| Position angle of the axis | 351.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 83.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.