The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, July 29, 1917
Waxing Gibbous
74.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 25°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
3:54 PM
12:24 AM
25°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 74.5%
- Age
- 10.6 days
- Distance
- 378,700 km
- Apparent size
- 31.5′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- -67
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 | 119.26° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 60.66° |
| Illuminated fraction | 74.50% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -41.2° / 89.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 11m / -24.17° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 245.23° / -3.04° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.48° / 4.18° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 53.37° / -0.65° |
| Position angle of the axis | 11.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 278.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.