The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, July 29, 2006
Waxing Crescent
17.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 50°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:39 AM
11:01 PM
50°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 17.6%
- Age
- 4.5 days
- Distance
- 405,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1034
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 405,400 km.
Exact values
For Jul 29, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 49.45° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 130.44° |
| Illuminated fraction | 17.57% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 14.0° / 100.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 45m / 1.69° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 175.85° / 0.04° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.36° / 0.18° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 129.25° / 1.23° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 293.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.