The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, July 29, 1905
Waning Crescent
7.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 69°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
3:00 AM
5:45 PM
69°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 7.3%
- Age
- 27.0 days
- Distance
- 385,300 km
- Apparent size
- 31.0′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- -216
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 3.2° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jul 29, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 329.04° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 148.69° |
| Illuminated fraction | 7.28% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 60.5° / 230.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 21m / 19.05° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 94.90° / -4.32° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.61° / 6.00° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -154.36° / -0.68° |
| Position angle of the axis | 2.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 84.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.