The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, April 29, 2013
Waning Gibbous
80.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 29°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
9:54 AM
29°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 80.3%
- Age
- 19.3 days
- Distance
- 364,600 km
- Apparent size
- 32.8′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1117
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 | 232.73° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 52.71° |
| Illuminated fraction | 80.29% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -22.2° / 262.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 09m / -19.65° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 272.22° / 3.77° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.33° / -4.29° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -50.46° / 0.20° |
| Position angle of the axis | 0.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 86.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.