The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, April 29, 2018
Full Moon
99.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 43°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:08 PM
6:42 AM
43°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.7%
- Age
- 13.6 days
- Distance
- 388,100 km
- Apparent size
- 30.8′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1179
Events on this date
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Mercury at greatest elongation
27° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.
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Full Moon
The whole disc is lit. The Moon rises around sunset and stays up all night.
Exact values
For Apr 29, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 175.51° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 6.69° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.66% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -54.2° / 325.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 17m / -8.42° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 214.80° / 4.98° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.56° / -5.99° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 9.11° / -1.57° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 333.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.