The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, July 29, 2082
Waxing Crescent
19.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 45°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:01 AM
10:57 PM
45°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 19.8%
- Age
- 4.0 days
- Distance
- 368,200 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1974
Events on this date
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Venus at greatest elongation
46° from the Sun in the evening sky, its best showing after sunset.
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 368,200 km.
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Neptune behind the Sun
On the far side of the Sun and lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Jul 29, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 52.61° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 127.23° |
| Illuminated fraction | 19.75% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 9.9° / 102.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 54m / -2.45° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 179.63° / -2.83° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.16° / 3.93° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 126.27° / 0.57° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 295.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.