The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, July 29, 1957
Waxing Crescent
9.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 52°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:31 AM
10:12 PM
52°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 9.2%
- Age
- 2.5 days
- Distance
- 360,900 km
- Apparent size
- 33.1′
- Constellation
- Sextans
- Lunation number
- 428
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 | 35.04° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 144.62° |
| Illuminated fraction | 9.23% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 26.0° / 110.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 44m / 3.13° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 161.29° / -4.54° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.13° / 6.22° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 147.09° / -1.48° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 299.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.