The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, July 29, 2142
First Quarter
49.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
2:16 PM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 49.6%
- Age
- 6.7 days
- Distance
- 385,500 km
- Apparent size
- 31.0′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2716
Events on this date
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First Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon is high at sunset and sets around midnight.
Exact values
For Jul 29, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 89.41° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 90.45° |
| Illuminated fraction | 49.61% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -24.7° / 91.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 11m / -16.12° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 215.95° / -2.79° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 8.64° / 3.80° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 98.18° / -1.31° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 289.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.