The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, July 28, 1914
Waxing Crescent
35.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 38°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:44 AM
10:46 PM
38°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 35.5%
- Age
- 5.6 days
- Distance
- 369,200 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- -104
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 369,200 km.
Exact values
For Jul 28, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 72.96° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 106.88° |
| Illuminated fraction | 35.48% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 2.2° / 105.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 00m / -10.15° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 197.71° / -3.46° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.61° / 4.77° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 106.67° / 0.84° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 293.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.