The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, April 29, 2064
Waxing Gibbous
96.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:10 PM
5:16 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 96.9%
- Age
- 12.9 days
- Distance
- 360,400 km
- Apparent size
- 33.1′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1748
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 360,400 km.
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Mercury at greatest elongation
27° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.
Exact values
For Apr 29, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 160.05° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 20.34° |
| Illuminated fraction | 96.88% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -62.1° / 356.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 08m / -11.86° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 200.19° / -4.29° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.29° / 6.04° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 20.10° / 1.50° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 279.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.