The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, July 28, 1937
Waning Gibbous
73.0% 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
11:20 PM
11:53 AM
56°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 73.0%
- Age
- 20.5 days
- Distance
- 377,100 km
- Apparent size
- 31.7′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 180
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 | 242.67° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 62.65° |
| Illuminated fraction | 72.97% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -1.3° / 280.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 21m / 7.40° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 7.81° / 4.68° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.39° / -5.80° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -67.08° / -1.22° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 64.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.