The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, July 29, 1991
Waning Gibbous
92.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 43°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:04 PM
9:15 AM
43°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 92.2%
- Age
- 17.9 days
- Distance
- 397,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 848
Events on this date
-
Mars, Mercury, and Venus gathered
All within 6.9° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For Jul 29, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 212.36° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 32.50° |
| Illuminated fraction | 92.17% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -29.9° / 290.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 34m / -4.70° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 338.41° / 4.01° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.98° / -4.88° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -37.46° / -0.47° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 62.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.