The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, April 29, 2020
Waxing Crescent
37.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 73°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
11:24 AM
1:52 AM
73°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 37.3%
- Age
- 6.6 days
- Distance
- 382,900 km
- Apparent size
- 31.2′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 1204
Events on this date
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Venus at its brightest
Shines at magnitude -4.7, as bright as it gets this time around.
Exact values
For Apr 29, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 75.18° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 104.67° |
| Illuminated fraction | 37.34% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 5.2° / 64.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 49m / 23.25° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 114.98° / 2.15° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.37° / -2.27° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 97.54° / -1.23° |
| Position angle of the axis | 12.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 280.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.