The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, April 29, 2140
Waxing Gibbous
94.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 37°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:27 PM
4:59 AM
37°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 94.4%
- Age
- 12.3 days
- Distance
- 405,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2688
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 | 152.97° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 27.38° |
| Illuminated fraction | 94.40% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -59.5° / 10.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 39m / -9.61° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 192.74° / -4.98° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.52° / 6.93° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 29.27° / 1.50° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 282.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.