The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, July 29, 1988
Waning Gibbous
99.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 28°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
9:32 PM
6:46 AM
28°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.5%
- Age
- 15.8 days
- Distance
- 359,700 km
- Apparent size
- 33.2′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 811
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 | 187.36° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 7.80° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.54% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -55.3° / 296.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 09m / -19.12° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 314.10° / -2.63° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.75° / 3.71° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -8.65° / 0.98° |
| Position angle of the axis | 344.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 95.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.