The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, July 29, 1980
Waning Gibbous
95.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 36°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:16 PM
8:27 AM
36°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 95.3%
- Age
- 17.4 days
- Distance
- 366,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.6′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 712
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 | 205.03° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 24.99° |
| Illuminated fraction | 95.32% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -38.6° / 288.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 16m / -11.86° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 331.70° / -1.05° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.04° / 1.58° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -27.26° / -0.38° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 72.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.