The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, April 29, 2107
Waxing Crescent
43.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 63°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:23 PM
1:44 AM
63°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 43.5%
- Age
- 6.4 days
- Distance
- 370,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 2280
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 | 82.36° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 97.47° |
| Illuminated fraction | 43.50% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -4.2° / 67.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 09m / 14.74° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 121.14° / -5.28° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.14° / 7.28° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 96.50° / -0.23° |
| Position angle of the axis | 12.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 283.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.