The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, July 28, 1931
Waxing Gibbous
99.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 22°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
8:51 PM
5:04 AM
22°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.1%
- Age
- 13.2 days
- Distance
- 393,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.4′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 106
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 | 169.91° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 11.15° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.06% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -71.4° / 313.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 50m / -25.98° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 294.52° / -4.83° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.69° / 6.52° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 14.94° / 1.40° |
| Position angle of the axis | 349.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 233.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.