The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, July 28, 1955
Waxing Gibbous
68.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 27°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
4:14 PM
1:09 AM
27°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 68.9%
- Age
- 9.2 days
- Distance
- 404,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 403
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 | 112.04° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 67.84° |
| Illuminated fraction | 68.86% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -45.5° / 81.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 36m / -21.91° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 236.85° / -2.53° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.55° / 3.46° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 70.69° / -1.00° |
| Position angle of the axis | 14.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 282.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.