The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, April 29, 2137
Waxing Gibbous
61.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 64°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
1:55 PM
3:32 AM
64°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 61.9%
- Age
- 9.3 days
- Distance
- 395,200 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 2651
Events on this date
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Venus at greatest elongation
46° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.
Exact values
For Apr 29, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 103.62° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 76.24° |
| Illuminated fraction | 61.89% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -18.5° / 49.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 45m / 16.02° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 143.12° / 2.35° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.19° / -2.56° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 70.24° / 1.17° |
| Position angle of the axis | 18.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 289.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.