The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, April 29, 1989
Waning Crescent
41.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:16 AM
1:38 PM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 41.3%
- Age
- 23.5 days
- Distance
- 373,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.0′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 820
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 | 280.19° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 100.04° |
| Illuminated fraction | 41.28% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 15.0° / 232.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 29m / -16.05° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 319.50° / -1.14° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.03° / 2.01° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -106.34° / 1.41° |
| Position angle of the axis | 343.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 71.5° |
| 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.