The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, July 29, 1960
Waxing Crescent
30.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 45°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
12:08 PM
45°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 30.6%
- Age
- 5.9 days
- Distance
- 386,200 km
- Apparent size
- 30.9′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 465
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 | 67.07° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 112.77° |
| Illuminated fraction | 30.65% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -1.7° / 93.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 54m / -3.15° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 193.58° / 2.40° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.98° / -2.79° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 105.97° / -1.03° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 291.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.