The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, April 29, 2157
Waning Gibbous
77.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 22°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
12:47 AM
9:41 AM
22°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 77.6%
- Age
- 20.0 days
- Distance
- 387,700 km
- Apparent size
- 30.8′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 2898
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 3.3° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Apr 29, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 236.59° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 56.54° |
| Illuminated fraction | 77.57% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -23.0° / 253.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 28m / -26.91° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 276.24° / -3.64° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.09° / 5.24° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -62.92° / 1.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 358.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 90.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.