The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, July 29, 2017
Waxing Crescent
40.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 43°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:06 PM
12:09 AM
43°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 40.6%
- Age
- 6.3 days
- Distance
- 395,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1170
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 | 78.96° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 100.86° |
| Illuminated fraction | 40.58% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -12.4° / 87.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 42m / -5.62° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 205.68° / 4.62° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.67° / -5.73° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 106.78° / -0.48° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 290.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.