The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, April 29, 2022
Waning Crescent
1.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 57°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:09 AM
7:24 PM
57°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 1.5%
- Age
- 28.4 days
- Distance
- 392,700 km
- Apparent size
- 30.4′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1228
Events on this date
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Mercury at greatest elongation
21° from the Sun in the evening sky, its best showing after sunset.
Exact values
For Apr 29, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 346.31° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 166.07° |
| Illuminated fraction | 1.47% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 56.0° / 161.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 39m / 7.69° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 25.64° / -2.39° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.78° / 3.59° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -161.51° / -0.34° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 57.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.