The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, April 29, 2009
Waxing Crescent
25.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 74°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
10:10 AM
12:54 AM
74°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 25.8%
- Age
- 4.5 days
- Distance
- 367,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.5′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 1068
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 | 60.96° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 118.90° |
| Illuminated fraction | 25.84% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 17.2° / 72.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 46m / 25.05° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 100.44° / 2.02° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.93° / -2.13° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 119.99° / 1.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 3.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 274.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.