The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, April 29, 2062
Waning Gibbous
69.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 21°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
1:40 AM
10:28 AM
21°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 69.6%
- Age
- 19.9 days
- Distance
- 404,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1723
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 404,700 km.
Exact values
For Apr 29, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 246.94° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 66.89° |
| Illuminated fraction | 69.63% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -14.8° / 246.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 15m / -27.34° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 286.57° / -4.97° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.17° / 6.93° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -68.28° / 1.02° |
| Position angle of the axis | 353.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 85.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.