The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, April 29, 2102
Waxing Gibbous
86.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 45°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:01 PM
4:27 AM
45°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 86.5%
- Age
- 12.1 days
- Distance
- 386,900 km
- Apparent size
- 30.9′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 2218
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 | 136.86° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 43.17° |
| Illuminated fraction | 86.46% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -48.3° / 30.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 39m / -1.89° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 175.85° / -3.85° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.82° / 5.46° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 36.85° / 1.55° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 288.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.