The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, July 29, 2069
Waxing Gibbous
80.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 29°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
5:18 PM
2:28 AM
29°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 80.7%
- Age
- 11.2 days
- Distance
- 396,900 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 1813
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 3.0° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jul 29, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 127.88° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 52.06° |
| Illuminated fraction | 80.74% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -57.0° / 61.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 56m / -19.69° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 255.03° / 2.91° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.76° / -3.51° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 47.91° / -1.56° |
| Position angle of the axis | 7.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 278.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.