The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, July 29, 2009
Waxing Gibbous
57.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 27°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
3:13 PM
12:14 AM
27°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 57.7%
- Age
- 7.6 days
- Distance
- 393,200 km
- Apparent size
- 30.4′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 1071
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 | 98.79° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 81.10° |
| Illuminated fraction | 57.74% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -34.3° / 90.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 46m / -21.35° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 225.46° / -5.11° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.87° / 6.82° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 88.14° / -0.18° |
| Position angle of the axis | 17.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 286.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.