The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, April 29, 2005
Waning Gibbous
68.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 21°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
1:44 AM
10:35 AM
21°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 68.2%
- Age
- 20.8 days
- Distance
- 369,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1018
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 369,000 km.
Exact values
For Apr 29, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 248.72° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 68.68° |
| Illuminated fraction | 68.17% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -13.5° / 245.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 22m / -27.40° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 288.15° / -5.24° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.33° / 7.23° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -69.09° / 0.46° |
| Position angle of the axis | 352.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 84.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.