The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, July 29, 2137
Waxing Gibbous
87.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 21°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
6:46 PM
2:26 AM
21°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 87.2%
- Age
- 11.5 days
- Distance
- 361,900 km
- Apparent size
- 33.0′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 2654
Events on this date
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Mercury at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Jul 29, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 138.17° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 41.99° |
| Illuminated fraction | 87.17% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -70.0° / 61.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 37m / -28.39° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 264.91° / -5.07° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.90° / 6.76° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 38.53° / 0.94° |
| Position angle of the axis | 2.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 266.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.