The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, April 29, 2181
Full Moon
99.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 35°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:07 PM
6:42 AM
35°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.9%
- Age
- 15.7 days
- Distance
- 362,300 km
- Apparent size
- 33.0′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 3195
Events on this date
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Total lunar eclipse
The Moon passes fully into Earth's shadow and turns a dim copper red. It starts at 2:46 AM, is deepest at 4:33 AM and ends at 6:19 AM. Totality lasts from 3:45 AM to 5:21 AM. Visible from Columbus from start to finish.
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Full Moon
The whole disc is lit. The Moon rises around sunset and stays up all night.
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Mercury at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Apr 29, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 184.26° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 4.28° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.86% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -56.6° / 308.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 47m / -15.52° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 224.10° / 0.56° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.08° / -0.18° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -7.13° / -0.03° |
| Position angle of the axis | 18.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 106.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.