The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, July 29, 2047
First Quarter
47.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
2:07 PM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 47.2%
- Age
- 6.7 days
- Distance
- 369,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1541
Events on this date
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Mercury and Mars close together
They pass 0.1° apart in the sky.
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First Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon is high at sunset and sets around midnight.
Exact values
For Jul 29, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 86.65° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 93.20° |
| Illuminated fraction | 47.21% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -22.7° / 94.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 57m / -17.26° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 213.15° / -5.01° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.49° / 6.69° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 92.76° / -0.54° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 290.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.