The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, April 29, 2024
Waning Gibbous
69.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 21°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
1:38 AM
10:26 AM
21°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 69.6%
- Age
- 20.9 days
- Distance
- 380,600 km
- Apparent size
- 31.4′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1253
Events on this date
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Mars and Neptune close together
They pass 0.0° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Apr 29, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 246.99° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 66.96° |
| Illuminated fraction | 69.57% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -14.9° / 246.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 16m / -27.58° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 286.81° / -5.24° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.83° / 7.23° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -72.90° / 0.65° |
| Position angle of the axis | 352.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 85.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.