The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, April 29, 2059
Waning Gibbous
96.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
10:42 PM
7:36 AM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 96.4%
- Age
- 17.3 days
- Distance
- 386,900 km
- Apparent size
- 30.9′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 1686
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 | 202.00° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 21.95° |
| Illuminated fraction | 96.38% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -48.0° / 283.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 57m / -20.87° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 241.37° / -0.45° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.79° / 0.97° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -27.29° / -0.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 10.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 104.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.