The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, July 29, 1935
Waning Crescent
0.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 70°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
5:36 AM
8:26 PM
70°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.5%
- Age
- 28.8 days
- Distance
- 399,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 155
Events on this date
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Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 0.6° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jul 29, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 351.84° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 171.80° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.51% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 65.6° / 140.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 58m / 20.19° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 117.44° / -0.50° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.13° / 0.97° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -167.93° / -0.41° |
| Position angle of the axis | 9.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 95.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.