The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, April 29, 2021
Waning Gibbous
90.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 27°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
11:55 PM
8:24 AM
27°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 90.7%
- Age
- 17.6 days
- Distance
- 361,200 km
- Apparent size
- 33.1′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 1216
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 | 215.61° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 35.53° |
| Illuminated fraction | 90.69% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -38.3° / 270.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 55m / -22.99° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 255.17° / -0.38° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.04° / 0.95° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -31.86° / -0.81° |
| Position angle of the axis | 5.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 97.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.