The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, July 29, 1936
Waxing Gibbous
78.7% 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
5:21 PM
1:53 AM
25°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 78.7%
- Age
- 11.0 days
- Distance
- 394,500 km
- Apparent size
- 30.3′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 168
Events on this date
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Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 2.1° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jul 29, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 125.00° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 54.90° |
| Illuminated fraction | 78.75% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -57.2° / 71.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 38m / -24.07° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 251.32° / -1.94° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.30° / 2.74° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 50.07° / -0.85° |
| Position angle of the axis | 9.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 276.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.