The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, April 29, 2078
Waning Gibbous
94.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 27°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
11:10 PM
7:49 AM
27°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 94.5%
- Age
- 17.3 days
- Distance
- 402,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 1921
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Apr 29, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 207.10° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 27.07° |
| Illuminated fraction | 94.52% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -45.3° / 276.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 19m / -23.02° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 246.86° / -1.59° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.57° / 2.45° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -31.08° / -0.29° |
| Position angle of the axis | 8.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 104.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.