The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, July 28, 1909
Waxing Gibbous
80.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 26°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
4:20 PM
1:14 AM
26°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 80.0%
- Age
- 11.3 days
- Distance
- 387,600 km
- Apparent size
- 30.8′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- -166
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 | 126.70° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 53.19° |
| Illuminated fraction | 79.96% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -46.3° / 80.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 41m / -21.84° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 251.64° / 0.36° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.64° / -0.14° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 46.95° / 1.18° |
| Position angle of the axis | 6.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 277.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.