The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, July 29, 2014
Waxing Crescent
6.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 55°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:03 AM
10:00 PM
55°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 6.7%
- Age
- 2.7 days
- Distance
- 405,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Sextans
- Lunation number
- 1133
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 | 29.64° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 150.08° |
| Illuminated fraction | 6.66% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 31.4° / 111.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 26m / 5.90° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 156.11° / -3.63° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.58° / 5.07° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 147.91° / -1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 298.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.