The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, April 29, 2053
Waxing Gibbous
89.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 47°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:24 PM
4:58 AM
47°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 89.8%
- Age
- 10.9 days
- Distance
- 386,200 km
- Apparent size
- 30.9′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1612
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 0.2° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Apr 29, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 142.62° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 37.29° |
| Illuminated fraction | 89.78% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -49.1° / 19.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 10m / -0.37° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 182.43° / 0.65° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.59° / -0.45° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 42.49° / -1.13° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 293.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.