The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, July 29, 1979
Waxing Crescent
25.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 48°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:35 AM
11:46 PM
48°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 25.8%
- Age
- 5.6 days
- Distance
- 402,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 700
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 | 60.94° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 118.90° |
| Illuminated fraction | 25.84% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 3.9° / 94.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 29m / -0.47° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 186.89° / 2.47° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.73° / -2.92° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 114.39° / -0.89° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 292.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.