The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, July 29, 1922
Waxing Crescent
33.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 43°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
12:25 PM
43°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 33.2%
- Age
- 5.1 days
- Distance
- 368,400 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- -5
Events on this date
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Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 0.2° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jul 29, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 70.18° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 109.68° |
| Illuminated fraction | 33.16% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -4.9° / 92.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 01m / -5.06° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 195.91° / 1.30° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.81° / -1.40° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 113.59° / -1.27° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 292.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.