The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, July 29, 1939
Waxing Gibbous
97.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
7:34 PM
5:04 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 97.5%
- Age
- 12.8 days
- Distance
- 402,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 205
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 | 162.20° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 18.37° |
| Illuminated fraction | 97.45% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -67.3° / 347.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 15m / -17.49° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 287.84° / 4.80° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.43° / -5.99° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 21.32° / -1.58° |
| Position angle of the axis | 353.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 276.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.