The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, July 29, 2012
Waxing Gibbous
84.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 28°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
5:53 PM
2:40 AM
28°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 84.7%
- Age
- 10.5 days
- Distance
- 367,300 km
- Apparent size
- 32.5′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 1108
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 367,300 km.
Exact values
For Jul 29, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 133.79° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 46.13° |
| Illuminated fraction | 84.65% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -62.4° / 56.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 20m / -21.57° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 260.73° / 1.54° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.32° / -1.74° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 47.11° / -1.38° |
| Position angle of the axis | 5.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 275.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.