The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, April 29, 2072
Waxing Gibbous
89.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 47°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:27 PM
5:00 AM
47°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 89.9%
- Age
- 11.2 days
- Distance
- 368,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.5′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1847
Events on this date
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Saturn at opposition
Opposite the Sun in the sky: up all night and at its brightest for the year.
Exact values
For Apr 29, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 142.83° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 37.11° |
| Illuminated fraction | 89.88% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -48.8° / 18.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 13m / 0.05° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 183.03° / 1.37° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.98° / -1.33° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 38.68° / -1.25° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 294.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.