The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, July 29, 2004
Waxing Gibbous
93.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
7:39 PM
3:27 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 93.5%
- Age
- 12.2 days
- Distance
- 360,600 km
- Apparent size
- 33.1′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1009
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 | 150.65° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 29.58° |
| Illuminated fraction | 93.48% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -76.7° / 24.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 34m / -27.59° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 277.51° / -4.37° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.76° / 5.92° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 28.52° / 1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 355.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 258.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.