The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, July 28, 1919
Waxing Crescent
2.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 58°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:05 AM
9:28 PM
58°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 2.8%
- Age
- 1.4 days
- Distance
- 380,200 km
- Apparent size
- 31.4′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- -42
Events on this date
-
Mercury, Moon, and Saturn gathered
All within 6.4° of each other in the sky.
-
Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 2.1° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jul 28, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 18.50° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 160.81° |
| Illuminated fraction | 2.78% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 41.3° / 118.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 35m / 9.12° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 143.01° / -5.01° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.13° / 6.88° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 166.95° / -1.38° |
| Position angle of the axis | 18.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 303.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.