The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, April 29, 2135
Waning Gibbous
96.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 28°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
10:59 PM
7:25 AM
28°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 96.0%
- Age
- 16.1 days
- Distance
- 364,900 km
- Apparent size
- 32.7′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 2626
Events on this date
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Mercury at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 4.7° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Apr 29, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 202.81° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 22.93° |
| Illuminated fraction | 96.05% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -49.3° / 280.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 56m / -23.38° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 241.80° / -2.94° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.12° / 4.27° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -18.11° / 0.33° |
| Position angle of the axis | 10.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 110.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.