The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, July 28, 1916
Waning Crescent
1.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 73°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
3:54 AM
7:07 PM
73°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 1.7%
- Age
- 28.3 days
- Distance
- 406,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- -80
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 406,300 km.
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Mercury behind the Sun
On the far side of the Sun and lost in its glare.
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 0.7° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jul 28, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 344.95° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 164.89° |
| Illuminated fraction | 1.73% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 71.8° / 198.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 28m / 22.74° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 110.20° / 0.81° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.28° / -0.77° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -164.62° / -0.18° |
| Position angle of the axis | 7.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 100.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.