The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, July 29, 1900
Waxing Crescent
9.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 52°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:31 AM
9:05 PM
52°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 9.4%
- Age
- 3.1 days
- Distance
- 403,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Sextans
- Lunation number
- -277
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Jul 29, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 35.32° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 144.28° |
| Illuminated fraction | 9.41% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 36.0° / 123.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 44m / 2.60° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 161.39° / -5.07° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.84° / 6.99° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 145.76° / -1.32° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 299.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.