The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, July 21, 2029
Waxing Gibbous
82.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 25°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
5:47 PM
2:13 AM
25°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 82.5%
- Age
- 10.0 days
- Distance
- 372,400 km
- Apparent size
- 32.1′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 1318
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Jul 21, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 130.50° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 49.43° |
| Illuminated fraction | 82.52% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -61.2° / 65.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 31m / -24.09° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 249.69° / -2.21° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.61° / 3.04° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 52.52° / -0.67° |
| Position angle of the axis | 10.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 276.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.