The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, July 28, 1925
First Quarter
48.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 40°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:48 PM
12:38 AM
40°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 48.2%
- Age
- 7.8 days
- Distance
- 383,300 km
- Apparent size
- 31.2′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 32
Events on this date
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Mercury at greatest elongation
27° from the Sun in the evening sky, its best showing after sunset.
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First Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon is high at sunset and sets around midnight.
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 2.9° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jul 28, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 87.75° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 92.10° |
| Illuminated fraction | 48.17% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -20.2° / 83.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 10m / -7.46° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 212.78° / 5.30° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.56° / -6.53° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 84.71° / -0.02° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 289.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.