The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, July 28, 1921
Waning Crescent
44.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 63°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:44 AM
2:41 PM
63°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 44.2%
- Age
- 23.1 days
- Distance
- 384,200 km
- Apparent size
- 31.1′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- -18
Events on this date
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Mercury at greatest elongation
20° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.
Exact values
For Jul 28, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 276.83° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 96.68° |
| Illuminated fraction | 44.18% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 28.7° / 263.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 40m / 13.70° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 41.83° / -1.78° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -8.47° / 2.54° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -104.32° / -1.49° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 71.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.