The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, July 29, 2016
Waning Crescent
20.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 67°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
2:31 AM
5:01 PM
67°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 20.9%
- Age
- 25.2 days
- Distance
- 371,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 1157
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 | 305.90° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 125.62° |
| Illuminated fraction | 20.88% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 53.2° / 240.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 48m / 17.19° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 72.86° / -5.18° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.97° / 7.06° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -123.34° / -0.90° |
| Position angle of the axis | 352.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 78.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.