The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, July 29, 1983
Waning Gibbous
81.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 42°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:34 PM
10:40 AM
42°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 81.2%
- Age
- 19.2 days
- Distance
- 401,800 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 749
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 | 231.34° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 51.40° |
| Illuminated fraction | 81.19% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -14.9° / 274.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 58m / -5.79° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 357.31° / -5.14° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.66° / 6.96° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -56.06° / 1.08° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 70.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.