The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, July 29, 2042
Waxing Gibbous
88.7% 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
6:54 PM
2:45 AM
21°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 88.7%
- Age
- 12.4 days
- Distance
- 385,500 km
- Apparent size
- 31.0′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1479
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 | 140.92° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 39.22° |
| Illuminated fraction | 88.74% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -71.7° / 55.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 49m / -28.04° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 267.61° / -4.62° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.72° / 6.23° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 33.11° / 1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 0.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 265.0° |
| 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.