The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, July 29, 2078
Waning Gibbous
74.4% 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
11:46 PM
11:33 AM
48°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 74.4%
- Age
- 20.2 days
- Distance
- 371,300 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Lunation number
- 1924
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 | 240.85° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 60.78° |
| Illuminated fraction | 74.41% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -5.0° / 274.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 34m / 0.26° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 7.83° / -3.09° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.96° / 4.33° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -62.84° / 1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 68.7° |
| 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.