The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, July 28, 1903
Waxing Crescent
23.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 47°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:19 AM
10:27 PM
47°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 23.4%
- Age
- 4.2 days
- Distance
- 372,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.1′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- -240
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 | 57.78° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 122.10° |
| Illuminated fraction | 23.43% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 17.3° / 108.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 07m / -1.43° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 182.21° / -0.60° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.93° / 1.07° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 129.12° / -1.38° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 294.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.