The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, July 29, 1998
Waxing Crescent
33.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 45°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
12:20 PM
45°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 33.0%
- Age
- 6.1 days
- Distance
- 403,800 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 935
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 | 69.95° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 109.86° |
| Illuminated fraction | 33.01% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -4.0° / 90.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 06m / -3.00° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 196.29° / 3.69° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.47° / -4.54° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 110.59° / -0.69° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 291.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.