The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, July 29, 1974
Waxing Gibbous
82.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 26°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
5:42 PM
2:24 AM
26°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 82.7%
- Age
- 10.2 days
- Distance
- 399,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 638
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 | 130.71° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 49.18° |
| Illuminated fraction | 82.69% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -61.0° / 62.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 03m / -22.95° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 256.87° / -0.15° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.92° / 0.38° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 54.71° / -1.19° |
| Position angle of the axis | 7.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 275.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.