The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, July 29, 1947
Waxing Gibbous
89.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 23°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
6:50 PM
3:07 AM
23°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 89.9%
- Age
- 11.5 days
- Distance
- 405,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 304
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 | 142.82° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 37.15° |
| Illuminated fraction | 89.85% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -71.2° / 46.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 53m / -25.82° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 268.51° / -2.38° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.93° / 3.39° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 39.90° / 1.45° |
| Position angle of the axis | 359.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 267.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.