The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, April 29, 2004
Waxing Gibbous
69.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 63°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:38 PM
4:07 AM
63°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 69.2%
- Age
- 10.1 days
- Distance
- 387,600 km
- Apparent size
- 30.8′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 1006
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 | 112.48° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 67.47° |
| Illuminated fraction | 69.15% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -24.3° / 41.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 24m / 15.32° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 152.15° / 4.94° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.37° / -5.89° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 60.28° / -0.09° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 293.3° |
| 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.