The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, July 28, 1926
Waning Gibbous
83.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 40°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:32 PM
10:22 AM
40°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 83.2%
- Age
- 18.7 days
- Distance
- 363,400 km
- Apparent size
- 32.9′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 44
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 4.3° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jul 28, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 228.34° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 48.41° |
| Illuminated fraction | 83.19% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -18.0° / 275.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 43m / -7.16° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 353.14° / -4.83° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.62° / 6.49° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -44.65° / 0.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 71.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.