The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, July 29, 2003
New Moon
0.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 72°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
6:28 AM
9:36 PM
72°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.3%
- Age
- 0.4 days
- Distance
- 385,100 km
- Apparent size
- 31.0′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 997
Events on this date
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New Moon
The Moon passes between Earth and the Sun and cannot be seen. These are the darkest nights of the month.
Exact values
For Jul 29, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 4.64° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 173.29° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.34% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 58.0° / 115.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 59m / 22.18° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 130.77° / 4.84° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.53° / -6.12° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 170.39° / 1.44° |
| Position angle of the axis | 16.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 244.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.