The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, July 29, 1906
Waxing Gibbous
60.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 36°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:58 PM
12:11 AM
36°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 60.2%
- Age
- 8.2 days
- Distance
- 369,100 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- -203
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 | 101.63° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 78.29° |
| Illuminated fraction | 60.15% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -21.7° / 87.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 05m / -11.95° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 227.26° / 5.26° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.57° / -6.41° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 75.80° / -0.18° |
| Position angle of the axis | 15.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 286.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.