The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, July 29, 1961
Waning Gibbous
94.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 37°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:17 PM
8:33 AM
37°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 94.9%
- Age
- 16.9 days
- Distance
- 359,200 km
- Apparent size
- 33.3′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 477
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 | 206.10° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 26.04° |
| Illuminated fraction | 94.92% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -37.4° / 288.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 18m / -11.07° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 332.38° / -0.47° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.82° / 0.86° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -23.45° / -0.56° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 70.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.