The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, July 29, 1996
Waxing Gibbous
98.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:02 PM
5:33 AM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.9%
- Age
- 14.0 days
- Distance
- 357,400 km
- Apparent size
- 33.4′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 910
Events on this date
-
Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 4.4° apart in the sky.
-
Moon, Neptune, and Uranus gathered
All within 6.4° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For Jul 29, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 168.87° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 12.11° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.89% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -64.3° / 332.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 47m / -16.21° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 295.67° / 4.88° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.38° / -5.97° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 9.93° / -1.37° |
| Position angle of the axis | 349.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 281.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.