The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, July 28, 1945
Waning Gibbous
84.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 40°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:27 PM
10:12 AM
40°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 84.4%
- Age
- 19.1 days
- Distance
- 369,900 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 279
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 | 226.41° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 46.51° |
| Illuminated fraction | 84.41% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -19.8° / 276.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 37m / -7.91° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 351.60° / -4.98° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.09° / 6.69° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -48.47° / 0.70° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 71.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.