The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, July 29, 1901
Waxing Gibbous
96.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
6:24 PM
3:41 AM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 96.5%
- Age
- 13.8 days
- Distance
- 388,500 km
- Apparent size
- 30.7′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- -265
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 3.5° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jul 29, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 158.75° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 21.57° |
| Illuminated fraction | 96.50% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -65.9° / 32.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 01m / -18.55° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 284.59° / 4.13° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.95° / -5.04° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 16.17° / -1.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 354.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 273.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.