The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, April 29, 2060
Waning Crescent
0.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 60°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:07 AM
7:48 PM
60°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.9%
- Age
- 28.6 days
- Distance
- 358,300 km
- Apparent size
- 33.3′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1698
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 358,300 km.
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Moon and Mars close together
They pass 0.1° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Apr 29, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 349.29° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 169.24° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.88% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 58.1° / 156.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 51m / 10.50° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 29.40° / -0.81° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.14° / 1.57° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -169.15° / 0.06° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 62.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.