The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, April 29, 2198
Waning Crescent
36.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 41°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:03 AM
2:25 PM
41°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 36.0%
- Age
- 23.1 days
- Distance
- 388,400 km
- Apparent size
- 30.8′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 3405
Events on this date
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Mercury behind the Sun
On the far side of the Sun and lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Apr 29, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 286.48° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 106.27° |
| Illuminated fraction | 35.99% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 23.8° / 234.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 47m / -7.94° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 326.22° / 5.12° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.22° / -6.18° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -99.34° / 0.72° |
| Position angle of the axis | 341.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 72.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.