The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, July 29, 2147
Waxing Crescent
3.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 61°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:15 AM
9:57 PM
61°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 3.5%
- Age
- 2.0 days
- Distance
- 406,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 2778
Events on this date
-
Moon and Mars close together
They pass 1.2° apart in the sky.
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 406,200 km.
Exact values
For Jul 29, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 21.60° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 158.34° |
| Illuminated fraction | 3.53% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 40.2° / 111.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 00m / 12.03° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 147.94° / -0.16° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.27° / 0.49° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 157.97° / -0.65° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 291.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.