The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, July 29, 1949
Waxing Crescent
19.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 50°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:48 AM
11:18 PM
50°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 19.2%
- Age
- 3.9 days
- Distance
- 366,400 km
- Apparent size
- 32.6′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 329
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 | 51.82° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 128.05° |
| Illuminated fraction | 19.18% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 12.2° / 97.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 56m / 2.49° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 178.00° / 1.85° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.34° / -2.13° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 128.43° / 1.46° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 292.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.