The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, July 29, 2186
Waxing Gibbous
97.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
7:48 PM
4:44 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 97.1%
- Age
- 13.0 days
- Distance
- 406,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 3260
Events on this date
-
Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 1.0° apart in the sky.
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 406,100 km.
Exact values
For Jul 29, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 160.45° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 19.52° |
| Illuminated fraction | 97.13% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -71.3° / 348.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 15m / -21.40° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 287.34° / 0.90° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.18° / -0.88° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 20.73° / 0.28° |
| Position angle of the axis | 351.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 264.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.