The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, July 28, 1952
Waxing Crescent
35.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 36°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:52 PM
11:41 PM
36°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 35.9%
- Age
- 6.7 days
- Distance
- 394,600 km
- Apparent size
- 30.3′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 366
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 | 73.45° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 106.36° |
| Illuminated fraction | 35.92% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -9.6° / 97.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 03m / -11.53° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 198.94° / -4.45° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.06° / 6.00° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 99.55° / 0.49° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 293.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.