The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, July 29, 2180
First Quarter
47.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 34°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
2:05 PM
34°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 47.9%
- Age
- 6.9 days
- Distance
- 370,400 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 3186
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 | 87.50° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 92.36° |
| Illuminated fraction | 47.94% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -22.7° / 90.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 08m / -14.62° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 214.82° / -1.60° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.87° / 2.32° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 90.56° / -1.46° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 289.6° |
| 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.