The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, July 29, 2015
Waxing Gibbous
95.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
7:14 PM
4:34 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 95.5%
- Age
- 13.6 days
- Distance
- 372,400 km
- Apparent size
- 32.1′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1145
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 | 156.07° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 24.37° |
| Illuminated fraction | 95.55% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -68.1° / 2.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 52m / -17.86° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 282.30° / 5.02° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.56° / -6.18° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 18.32° / -1.32° |
| Position angle of the axis | 354.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 275.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.