The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, July 29, 2048
Waning Gibbous
78.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 54°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:56 PM
11:20 AM
54°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 78.1%
- Age
- 18.5 days
- Distance
- 384,700 km
- Apparent size
- 31.0′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1553
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 | 235.79° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 55.83° |
| Illuminated fraction | 78.08% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -7.3° / 283.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 03m / 5.92° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 3.01° / 5.15° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.99° / -6.39° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -48.82° / -1.06° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 63.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.