The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, July 29, 2156
Waxing Gibbous
87.6% 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
6:47 PM
2:31 AM
21°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 87.6%
- Age
- 12.2 days
- Distance
- 371,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 2889
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 4.5° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jul 29, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 138.89° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 41.26° |
| Illuminated fraction | 87.59% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -70.4° / 59.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 42m / -28.26° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 266.01° / -4.90° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.99° / 6.56° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 34.73° / 0.79° |
| Position angle of the axis | 2.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 265.8° |
| 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.