The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, July 29, 1959
Waning Crescent
31.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 65°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:43 AM
3:56 PM
65°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 31.0%
- Age
- 23.6 days
- Distance
- 404,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 452
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 404,500 km.
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Venus at its brightest
Shines at magnitude -4.7, as bright as it gets this time around.
Exact values
For Jul 29, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 292.54° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 112.34° |
| Illuminated fraction | 31.00% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 42.4° / 252.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 48m / 15.86° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 58.33° / -4.03° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.19° / 5.56° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -111.91° / -1.36° |
| Position angle of the axis | 346.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 75.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.