The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, April 29, 1988
Waxing Gibbous
94.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:22 PM
5:15 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 94.5%
- Age
- 13.2 days
- Distance
- 396,700 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 808
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 | 152.87° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 27.11° |
| Illuminated fraction | 94.51% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -56.6° / 7.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 43m / -6.54° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 192.42° / -1.77° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.80° / 2.77° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 23.07° / 1.16° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 288.7° |
| 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.