The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, July 29, 1985
Waxing Gibbous
93.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
7:39 PM
3:35 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 93.8%
- Age
- 11.7 days
- Distance
- 374,400 km
- Apparent size
- 31.9′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 774
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 4.8° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jul 29, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 151.47° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 28.72° |
| Illuminated fraction | 93.85% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -76.6° / 20.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 36m / -27.22° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 277.94° / -4.03° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.84° / 5.50° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 32.32° / 1.54° |
| Position angle of the axis | 355.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 258.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.