The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, July 28, 1939
Waxing Gibbous
93.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
6:53 PM
4:10 AM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 93.6%
- Age
- 11.8 days
- Distance
- 400,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 205
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 | 151.01° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 29.22° |
| Illuminated fraction | 93.64% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -68.4° / 16.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 24m / -18.92° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 275.69° / 4.41° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.61° / -5.47° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 33.52° / -1.58° |
| Position angle of the axis | 358.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 274.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.