The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, April 29, 2014
New Moon
0.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 65°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:52 AM
9:03 PM
65°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.2%
- Age
- 0.4 days
- Distance
- 383,700 km
- Apparent size
- 31.1′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 1130
Events on this date
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Partial solar eclipse
The Moon covers part of the Sun. Not visible from Columbus.
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New Moon
The Moon passes between Earth and the Sun and cannot be seen. These are the darkest nights of the month.
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Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 1.6° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Apr 29, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 5.00° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 174.78° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.21% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 54.5° / 128.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 49m / 14.74° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 44.26° / -1.44° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.96° / 2.43° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 179.79° / -0.33° |
| Position angle of the axis | 341.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 273.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.