The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, July 29, 2045
Waning Gibbous
99.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
9:21 PM
6:59 AM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.5%
- Age
- 15.2 days
- Distance
- 406,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 1516
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 406,200 km.
Exact values
For Jul 29, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 188.06° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 8.07° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.50% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -53.7° / 299.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 11m / -17.01° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 315.01° / -0.71° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.24° / 1.21° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -7.84° / 0.45° |
| Position angle of the axis | 344.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 80.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.