The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, July 29, 2088
Waxing Gibbous
86.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
5:54 PM
3:08 AM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 86.4%
- Age
- 11.3 days
- Distance
- 405,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 2048
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 405,400 km.
Exact values
For Jul 29, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 136.74° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 43.30° |
| Illuminated fraction | 86.39% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -62.6° / 47.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 36m / -19.33° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 264.28° / 3.98° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.17° / -4.92° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 44.12° / -1.57° |
| Position angle of the axis | 3.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 276.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.