The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, July 29, 2126
Waxing Gibbous
77.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
4:53 PM
2:15 AM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 77.5%
- Age
- 9.4 days
- Distance
- 377,000 km
- Apparent size
- 31.7′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 2518
Events on this date
-
Mercury and Mars close together
They pass 0.0° apart in the sky.
-
Mars, Mercury, and Venus gathered
All within 5.9° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For Jul 29, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 123.38° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 56.60° |
| Illuminated fraction | 77.53% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -52.7° / 64.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 35m / -17.88° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 249.79° / 4.07° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.86° / -4.97° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 60.96° / -1.44° |
| Position angle of the axis | 9.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 280.6° |
| 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.