The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, July 29, 1953
Waning Gibbous
86.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 47°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:34 PM
10:11 AM
47°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 86.3%
- Age
- 18.6 days
- Distance
- 363,200 km
- Apparent size
- 32.9′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 378
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 | 223.42° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 43.46° |
| Illuminated fraction | 86.29% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -19.7° / 286.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 16m / -0.58° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 349.64° / 3.83° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.32° / -4.59° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -42.04° / -0.09° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 63.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.