The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, July 29, 2056
Waning Gibbous
90.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 37°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:52 PM
9:19 AM
37°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 90.6%
- Age
- 16.8 days
- Distance
- 389,600 km
- Apparent size
- 30.7′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 1652
Events on this date
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Jupiter at opposition
Opposite the Sun in the sky: up all night and at its brightest for the year.
Exact values
For Jul 29, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 215.50° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 35.62° |
| Illuminated fraction | 90.65% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -29.5° / 281.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 03m / -10.55° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 342.77° / -4.10° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.34° / 5.58° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -30.23° / 0.49° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 73.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.