The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, July 28, 1950
Waxing Gibbous
99.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 23°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
9:01 PM
5:22 AM
23°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.5%
- Age
- 13.5 days
- Distance
- 372,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.1′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 341
Events on this date
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Venus and Uranus close together
They pass 0.9° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jul 28, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 173.28° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 8.04° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.51% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -68.5° / 308.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 06m / -24.89° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 298.28° / -4.47° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.22° / 6.03° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 11.15° / 1.27° |
| Position angle of the axis | 348.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 224.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.