The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, July 29, 2001
Waxing Gibbous
73.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:28 PM
1:53 AM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 73.0%
- Age
- 8.8 days
- Distance
- 389,800 km
- Apparent size
- 30.6′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 972
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 | 117.27° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 62.63° |
| Illuminated fraction | 72.98% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -48.2° / 71.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 10m / -18.18° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 243.87° / 2.79° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.55° / -3.24° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 69.52° / 0.83° |
| Position angle of the axis | 9.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 281.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.