The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, April 29, 2050
Waxing Gibbous
57.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 59°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:43 PM
2:38 AM
59°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 57.2%
- Age
- 8.2 days
- Distance
- 404,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 1575
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 | 98.15° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 81.73° |
| Illuminated fraction | 57.19% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -17.9° / 59.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 14m / 10.51° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 137.70° / -5.26° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.53° / 7.27° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 83.50° / 0.34° |
| Position angle of the axis | 17.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 286.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.