The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, July 29, 1999
Waning Gibbous
98.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 33°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:44 PM
7:30 AM
33°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.5%
- Age
- 16.6 days
- Distance
- 389,500 km
- Apparent size
- 30.7′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 947
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 0.5° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jul 29, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 193.97° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 13.95° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.52% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -48.6° / 294.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 31m / -15.41° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 320.08° / -0.66° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.51° / 1.06° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -18.87° / -0.22° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 75.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.