The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, July 29, 1966
Waxing Gibbous
92.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 23°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
7:24 PM
3:29 AM
23°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 92.9%
- Age
- 11.5 days
- Distance
- 394,100 km
- Apparent size
- 30.3′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 539
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 | 149.13° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 30.97° |
| Illuminated fraction | 92.87% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -75.3° / 29.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 23m / -26.75° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 275.21° / -3.41° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.33° / 4.72° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 36.11° / 1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 356.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 261.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.