The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, July 29, 2059
Waning Gibbous
72.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 48°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:55 PM
11:45 AM
48°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 72.5%
- Age
- 19.9 days
- Distance
- 366,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.6′
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Lunation number
- 1689
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 | 243.38° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 63.31° |
| Illuminated fraction | 72.46% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -2.8° / 273.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 42m / 0.74° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 9.96° / -3.48° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.37° / 4.81° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -59.03° / 1.47° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 68.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.