The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, April 29, 2015
Waxing Gibbous
82.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 50°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:21 PM
4:18 AM
50°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 82.3%
- Age
- 10.9 days
- Distance
- 404,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 1142
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 | 130.10° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 49.81° |
| Illuminated fraction | 82.27% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -42.0° / 34.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 17m / 2.60° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 169.13° / -1.86° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.84° / 2.81° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 50.05° / -0.78° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 291.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.