The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, July 28, 1949
Waxing Crescent
10.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 58°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:34 AM
10:53 PM
58°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 10.9%
- Age
- 2.9 days
- Distance
- 366,200 km
- Apparent size
- 32.6′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 329
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 366,200 km.
Exact values
For Jul 28, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 38.30° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 141.52° |
| Illuminated fraction | 10.86% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 25.6° / 100.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 04m / 9.22° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 163.53° / 2.97° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.01° / -3.61° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 140.67° / 1.47° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 289.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.