The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, July 28, 1941
Waxing Crescent
21.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 49°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:03 AM
11:25 PM
49°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 21.0%
- Age
- 4.3 days
- Distance
- 373,900 km
- Apparent size
- 31.9′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 230
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 1.1° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jul 28, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 54.45° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 125.44° |
| Illuminated fraction | 21.01% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 9.5° / 98.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 59m / 0.64° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 179.61° / 0.53° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.51° / -0.37° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 122.02° / -1.18° |
| Position angle of the axis | 25.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 293.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.