The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, April 29, 1999
Waxing Gibbous
99.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 45°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:35 PM
6:26 AM
45°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.0%
- Age
- 13.5 days
- Distance
- 404,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 944
Events on this date
-
Moon and Mars close together
They pass 3.7° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Apr 29, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 169.49° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 11.47° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.00% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -54.6° / 335.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 52m / -6.51° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 208.40° / 4.69° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.40° / -5.67° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 12.89° / -1.57° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 312.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.