The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, July 29, 1993
Waxing Gibbous
85.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 27°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
5:57 PM
2:42 AM
27°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 85.1%
- Age
- 10.2 days
- Distance
- 383,500 km
- Apparent size
- 31.1′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 873
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 | 134.48° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 45.43° |
| Illuminated fraction | 85.09% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -63.2° / 56.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 21m / -22.24° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 261.02° / 0.90° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.80° / -0.97° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 50.91° / -1.31° |
| Position angle of the axis | 5.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 274.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.