The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, April 29, 2068
Waning Crescent
6.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 58°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:57 AM
6:20 PM
58°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 6.2%
- Age
- 27.3 days
- Distance
- 364,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.8′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1797
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 363,900 km.
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Mercury at greatest elongation
21° from the Sun in the evening sky, its best showing after sunset.
Exact values
For Apr 29, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 331.59° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 151.26° |
| Illuminated fraction | 6.16% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 57.4° / 191.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 37m / 8.37° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 11.77° / 4.04° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.85° / -4.77° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -150.46° / 0.57° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 73.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.