The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, July 29, 1929
Last Quarter
48.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 62°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:29 AM
2:18 PM
62°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 48.7%
- Age
- 22.8 days
- Distance
- 377,000 km
- Apparent size
- 31.7′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 81
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For Jul 29, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 271.61° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 91.47° |
| Illuminated fraction | 48.72% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 24.2° / 266.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 22m / 13.22° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 37.63° / -0.89° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.23° / 1.48° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -97.91° / 1.50° |
| Position angle of the axis | 342.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 70.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.