The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, July 28, 1901
Waxing Gibbous
91.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
5:39 PM
2:44 AM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 91.9%
- Age
- 12.8 days
- Distance
- 392,800 km
- Apparent size
- 30.4′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- -265
Events on this date
-
Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 3.6° apart in the sky.
-
Jupiter, Moon, and Saturn gathered
All within 6.6° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For Jul 28, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 146.93° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 33.15° |
| Illuminated fraction | 91.86% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -60.6° / 55.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 08m / -20.05° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 271.81° / 3.38° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.39° / -4.10° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 28.37° / -1.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 0.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 273.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.