The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, July 28, 1933
Waxing Crescent
33.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 38°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:35 PM
11:38 PM
38°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 33.5%
- Age
- 6.0 days
- Distance
- 379,800 km
- Apparent size
- 31.4′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 131
Events on this date
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Moon and Mars close together
They pass 3.6° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jul 28, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 70.53° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 109.29° |
| Illuminated fraction | 33.48% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -6.6° / 97.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 52m / -9.69° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 195.63° / -3.83° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.15° / 5.20° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 103.36° / 0.67° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 294.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.