The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, April 29, 2007
Waxing Gibbous
93.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 41°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:06 PM
5:08 AM
41°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 93.3%
- Age
- 12.2 days
- Distance
- 406,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1043
Events on this date
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Mars and Uranus close together
They pass 0.7° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Apr 29, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 150.01° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 29.98° |
| Illuminated fraction | 93.31% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -55.2° / 11.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 30m / -5.47° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 188.98° / -2.08° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.78° / 3.20° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 31.47° / 1.30° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 288.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.