The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, July 29, 1955
Waxing Gibbous
77.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 26°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
5:08 PM
1:49 AM
26°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 77.2%
- Age
- 10.2 days
- Distance
- 404,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 403
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 404,900 km.
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Mercury, Uranus, and Venus gathered
All within 1.6° of each other in the sky.
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Mercury and Uranus close together
They pass 0.7° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jul 29, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 122.89° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 56.99° |
| Illuminated fraction | 77.24% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -55.1° / 72.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 27m / -23.27° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 248.66° / -1.54° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.03° / 2.19° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 58.49° / -1.02° |
| Position angle of the axis | 10.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 277.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.