The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, July 29, 1944
Waxing Gibbous
62.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 35°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:17 PM
1:22 AM
35°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 62.7%
- Age
- 9.4 days
- Distance
- 391,600 km
- Apparent size
- 30.5′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 267
Events on this date
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Mercury and Jupiter 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 | 104.66° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 75.25° |
| Illuminated fraction | 62.73% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -36.1° / 76.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 20m / -13.34° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 231.04° / 4.85° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.76° / -5.96° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 68.69° / 0.21° |
| Position angle of the axis | 14.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 285.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.