The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, April 24, 2029
Waxing Gibbous
79.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 50°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:07 PM
4:04 AM
50°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 79.9%
- Age
- 10.8 days
- Distance
- 365,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.7′
- Constellation
- Sextans
- Lunation number
- 1315
Events on this date
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Venus and Saturn close together
They pass 1.6° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Apr 24, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 126.80° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 53.23° |
| Illuminated fraction | 79.93% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -40.0° / 38.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 45m / 2.98° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 161.56° / -4.59° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.97° / 6.42° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 47.60° / 1.37° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 288.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.