The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, July 28, 1900
Waxing Crescent
4.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 56°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:33 AM
8:39 PM
56°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 4.6%
- Age
- 2.1 days
- Distance
- 402,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Sextans
- Lunation number
- -277
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Jul 28, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 24.23° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 155.23° |
| Illuminated fraction | 4.60% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 45.8° / 130.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 59m / 7.02° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 149.35° / -5.00° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.81° / 6.91° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 158.01° / -1.31° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 301.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.