The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, July 28, 1936
Waxing Gibbous
70.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 26°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
4:25 PM
1:11 AM
26°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 70.1%
- Age
- 10.0 days
- Distance
- 398,600 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 168
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 | 113.65° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 66.24° |
| Illuminated fraction | 70.14% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -47.2° / 81.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 44m / -22.80° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 239.02° / -2.93° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.26° / 4.01° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 62.28° / -0.83° |
| Position angle of the axis | 14.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 281.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.