The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, July 29, 2023
Waxing Gibbous
86.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 21°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
6:33 PM
2:28 AM
21°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 86.3%
- Age
- 11.9 days
- Distance
- 368,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 1244
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 | 136.64° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 43.41° |
| Illuminated fraction | 86.32% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -68.1° / 61.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 28m / -27.31° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 262.94° / -4.07° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.13° / 5.51° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 36.91° / 1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 2.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 268.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.