The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, April 29, 2011
Waning Crescent
11.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 54°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:30 AM
5:18 PM
54°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 11.8%
- Age
- 26.1 days
- Distance
- 406,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1092
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 406,000 km.
Exact values
For Apr 29, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 320.23° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 139.86° |
| Illuminated fraction | 11.78% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 50.7° / 207.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 49m / 4.38° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 359.23° / 5.11° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.71° / -6.28° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -139.02° / 1.14° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 72.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.