The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, April 29, 2023
Waxing Gibbous
66.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 64°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
2:21 PM
4:00 AM
64°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 66.7%
- Age
- 9.5 days
- Distance
- 403,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 1241
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 | 109.42° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 70.51° |
| Illuminated fraction | 66.69% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -21.7° / 43.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 10m / 16.49° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 148.51° / 4.81° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.02° / -5.75° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 68.67° / 0.11° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 292.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.