The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, July 29, 2008
Waning Crescent
10.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 77°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
2:51 AM
6:56 PM
77°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 10.5%
- Age
- 26.6 days
- Distance
- 363,900 km
- Apparent size
- 32.8′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 1058
Events on this date
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Mercury behind the Sun
On the far side of the Sun and lost in its glare.
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 363,900 km.
Exact values
For Jul 29, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 322.37° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 142.11° |
| Illuminated fraction | 10.54% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 71.8° / 230.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 57m / 27.44° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 89.27° / 4.00° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.14° / -4.92° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -142.02° / 0.30° |
| Position angle of the axis | 358.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 94.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.