The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, April 29, 1972
Waning Gibbous
98.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 28°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
9:00 PM
5:43 AM
28°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.6%
- Age
- 15.9 days
- Distance
- 405,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 610
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 | 192.84° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 13.59° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.60% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -66.7° / 311.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 14m / -22.80° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 232.31° / -4.61° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.86° / 6.40° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -14.58° / 1.57° |
| Position angle of the axis | 16.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 126.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.