The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, July 29, 2055
Waxing Crescent
34.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 46°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
12:25 PM
46°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 34.0%
- Age
- 5.3 days
- Distance
- 368,100 km
- Apparent size
- 32.5′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1640
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 4.0° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jul 29, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 71.11° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 108.68° |
| Illuminated fraction | 33.98% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -4.9° / 89.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 13m / -2.41° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 197.67° / 4.89° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.56° / -6.00° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 111.42° / -0.11° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 290.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.