The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, July 29, 2020
Waxing Gibbous
73.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 29°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
4:35 PM
1:50 AM
29°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 73.5%
- Age
- 8.9 days
- Distance
- 374,200 km
- Apparent size
- 31.9′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 1207
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 | 117.97° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 61.92° |
| Illuminated fraction | 73.53% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -49.3° / 71.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 14m / -19.07° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 244.96° / 2.08° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.43° / -2.31° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 65.72° / 0.99° |
| Position angle of the axis | 8.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 281.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.