The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, July 29, 1956
Waning Gibbous
62.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 61°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:56 PM
1:04 PM
61°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 62.1%
- Age
- 21.5 days
- Distance
- 388,200 km
- Apparent size
- 30.8′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 415
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 | 256.16° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 76.04° |
| Illuminated fraction | 62.06% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 10.9° / 276.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 18m / 12.06° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 22.64° / 3.50° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.87° / -4.32° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -83.08° / -1.35° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 67.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.