The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, July 29, 1963
Waxing Gibbous
60.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 35°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:04 PM
1:16 AM
35°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 60.7%
- Age
- 8.8 days
- Distance
- 403,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 502
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 3.1° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jul 29, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 102.19° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 77.70° |
| Illuminated fraction | 60.65% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -33.8° / 77.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 08m / -12.71° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 228.01° / 4.67° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.20° / -5.75° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 77.10° / 0.42° |
| Position angle of the axis | 14.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 286.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.