The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, July 28, 1904
Waning Gibbous
98.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 36°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:28 PM
6:37 AM
36°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.4%
- Age
- 15.5 days
- Distance
- 403,800 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- -228
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 3.8° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jul 28, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 194.46° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 14.64° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.38% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -56.0° / 316.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 25m / -12.53° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 319.60° / 2.55° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.53° / -3.04° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -12.56° / -1.12° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 63.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.