The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, July 29, 1908
Waxing Crescent
1.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 67°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:29 AM
8:58 PM
67°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 1.9%
- Age
- 1.4 days
- Distance
- 406,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- -178
Events on this date
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Jupiter, Mars, and Moon gathered
All within 6.6° of each other in the sky.
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Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 2.9° apart in the sky.
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 406,400 km.
Exact values
For Jul 29, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 15.30° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 164.21° |
| Illuminated fraction | 1.89% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 58.0° / 126.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 40m / 17.94° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 141.43° / 3.78° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.13° / -4.73° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 164.44° / 0.85° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 276.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.