The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, July 28, 1922
Waxing Crescent
22.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 48°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:16 AM
11:29 PM
48°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 22.7%
- Age
- 4.1 days
- Distance
- 365,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.7′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- -5
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn 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 | 56.78° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 123.11° |
| Illuminated fraction | 22.69% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 7.2° / 97.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 06m / -0.59° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 181.55° / 0.03° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.67° / 0.26° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 125.83° / -1.28° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 293.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.