The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, July 29, 2068
Waxing Crescent
0.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 62°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:02 AM
8:48 PM
62°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.4%
- Age
- 0.5 days
- Distance
- 399,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 1801
Events on this date
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Venus at greatest elongation
46° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.
Exact values
For Jul 29, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 5.71° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 172.51° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.43% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 51.8° / 129.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 57m / 12.25° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 133.09° / -4.82° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.78° / 6.67° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 177.63° / -1.46° |
| Position angle of the axis | 15.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 326.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.