The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, July 29, 1971
Waxing Crescent
42.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 33°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
1:35 PM
11:58 PM
33°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 42.5%
- Age
- 7.3 days
- Distance
- 403,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 601
Events on this date
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Mercury at greatest elongation
27° from the Sun in the evening sky, its best showing after sunset.
Exact values
For Jul 29, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 81.21° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 98.61° |
| Illuminated fraction | 42.52% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -17.3° / 95.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 33m / -15.14° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 207.10° / -5.04° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.11° / 6.78° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 95.75° / 0.27° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 292.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.