The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, July 29, 2184
Waning Gibbous
58.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 55°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:07 AM
1:11 PM
55°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 58.9%
- Age
- 21.7 days
- Distance
- 369,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 3235
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 369,500 km.
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 3.6° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jul 29, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 259.81° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 79.70° |
| Illuminated fraction | 58.94% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 12.3° / 267.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 47m / 6.54° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 27.16° / -4.19° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.17° / 5.66° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -79.84° / -0.70° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 69.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.