The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, July 28, 1906
First Quarter
48.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 40°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
12:49 PM
40°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 48.7%
- Age
- 7.2 days
- Distance
- 371,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- -203
Events on this date
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First Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon is high at sunset and sets around midnight.
Exact values
For Jul 28, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 88.39° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 91.47° |
| Illuminated fraction | 48.72% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -9.3° / 92.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 11m / -7.63° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 213.07° / 5.22° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.57° / -6.39° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 88.01° / -0.22° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 289.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.