The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, July 29, 2102
Full Moon
99.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 27°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
8:43 PM
5:46 AM
27°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.8%
- Age
- 14.3 days
- Distance
- 357,300 km
- Apparent size
- 33.4′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 2221
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 357,300 km.
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Total lunar eclipse
The Moon passes fully into Earth's shadow and turns a dim copper red. It starts at 6:50 PM, is deepest at 8:25 PM and ends at 10:00 PM. Totality lasts from 8:09 PM to 8:42 PM. Partly visible from Columbus: the Moon is below the horizon for some of it.
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Full Moon
The whole disc is lit. The Moon rises around sunset and stays up all night.
Exact values
For Jul 29, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 174.95° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 5.04° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.81% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -64.2° / 314.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 14m / -19.91° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 301.17° / -0.03° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.20° / 0.33° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 5.15° / -0.13° |
| Position angle of the axis | 349.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 254.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.