The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, April 29, 2108
Waning Gibbous
80.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
9:56 AM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 80.9%
- Age
- 18.2 days
- Distance
- 383,100 km
- Apparent size
- 31.2′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 2292
Events on this date
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Mercury and Venus close together
They pass 3.1° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Apr 29, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 231.72° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 51.79° |
| Illuminated fraction | 80.93% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -22.2° / 263.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 05m / -18.26° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 271.23° / 5.16° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.80° / -6.17° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -45.08° / -0.80° |
| Position angle of the axis | 0.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 86.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.