The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, April 29, 2179
Waning Crescent
41.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 38°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:50 AM
1:53 PM
38°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 41.0%
- Age
- 22.4 days
- Distance
- 400,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 3170
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 | 280.59° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 100.41° |
| Illuminated fraction | 40.97% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 18.5° / 237.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 23m / -10.36° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 319.93° / 4.69° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.10° / -5.65° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -95.54° / 0.92° |
| Position angle of the axis | 342.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 72.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.