The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, July 28, 1929
Waning Gibbous
59.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 56°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:04 AM
1:09 PM
56°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 59.5%
- Age
- 21.8 days
- Distance
- 381,900 km
- Apparent size
- 31.3′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 81
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Jul 28, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 259.16° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 79.02° |
| Illuminated fraction | 59.52% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 11.9° / 269.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 33m / 7.52° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 24.22° / -2.02° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.49° / 2.95° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -85.69° / 1.50° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 68.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.