The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, July 28, 1953
Waning Gibbous
93.5% 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
10:07 PM
8:56 AM
40°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 93.5%
- Age
- 17.6 days
- Distance
- 362,400 km
- Apparent size
- 33.0′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 378
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 362,400 km.
Exact values
For Jul 28, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 209.60° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 29.65° |
| Illuminated fraction | 93.45% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -33.2° / 290.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 23m / -7.15° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 334.86° / 2.77° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.15° / -3.23° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -29.85° / -0.05° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 64.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.