The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, July 28, 1924
Waning Crescent
9.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 69°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
3:45 AM
6:28 PM
69°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 9.4%
- Age
- 26.4 days
- Distance
- 403,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Orion
- Lunation number
- 19
Events on this date
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Moon and Venus close together
They pass 1.8° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jul 28, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 324.64° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 144.34° |
| Illuminated fraction | 9.38% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 66.0° / 212.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 00m / 19.24° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 89.91° / -4.21° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.96° / 5.82° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -145.44° / -0.50° |
| Position angle of the axis | 0.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 83.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.