The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, July 29, 2021
Waning Gibbous
68.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 51°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:14 PM
51°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 68.0%
- Age
- 19.6 days
- Distance
- 396,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Lunation number
- 1219
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 | 248.96° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 68.88° |
| Illuminated fraction | 68.02% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 2.1° / 270.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 04m / 2.40° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 15.71° / -4.10° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.40° / 5.60° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -63.64° / 1.36° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 69.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.