The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, April 29, 2146
Waning Gibbous
88.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
11:51 PM
9:08 AM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 88.0%
- Age
- 18.5 days
- Distance
- 364,400 km
- Apparent size
- 32.8′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 2762
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 364,400 km.
Exact values
For Apr 29, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 220.30° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 40.48° |
| Illuminated fraction | 88.03% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -31.1° / 271.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 17m / -17.91° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 259.62° / 5.11° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.96° / -6.06° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -40.52° / -1.07° |
| Position angle of the axis | 4.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 89.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.