The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, July 29, 1968
Waxing Crescent
18.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 51°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:42 AM
11:10 PM
51°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 18.2%
- Age
- 4.2 days
- Distance
- 380,100 km
- Apparent size
- 31.4′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 564
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 0.6° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jul 29, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 50.33° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 129.55° |
| Illuminated fraction | 18.16% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 13.4° / 99.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 51m / 2.42° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 176.90° / 1.29° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.01° / -1.45° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 124.63° / 1.42° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 292.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.