The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, July 29, 2053
Waxing Gibbous
98.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
8:00 PM
5:34 AM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.9%
- Age
- 13.9 days
- Distance
- 405,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1615
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 | 168.51° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 12.14° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.88% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -65.0° / 332.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 47m / -17.04° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 295.53° / 4.05° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.85° / -5.01° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 10.74° / -1.07° |
| Position angle of the axis | 348.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 277.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.