The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, July 29, 1945
Waning Gibbous
75.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 45°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:57 PM
11:23 AM
45°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 75.2%
- Age
- 20.1 days
- Distance
- 369,100 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Lunation number
- 279
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 | 239.75° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 59.76° |
| Illuminated fraction | 75.18% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -6.9° / 272.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 30m / -2.44° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 5.89° / -5.21° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.99° / 7.00° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -60.67° / 0.73° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 69.9° |
| 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.