The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, July 28, 1957
Waxing Crescent
3.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 57°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:17 AM
9:36 PM
57°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 3.5%
- Age
- 1.5 days
- Distance
- 359,600 km
- Apparent size
- 33.2′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 428
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 359,500 km.
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Mars, Mercury, and Moon gathered
All within 6.3° of each other in the sky.
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Mercury, Moon, and Venus gathered
All within 6.5° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For Jul 28, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 20.94° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 158.46° |
| Illuminated fraction | 3.49% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 38.9° / 117.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 47m / 8.12° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 146.23° / -4.94° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.07° / 6.77° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 159.34° / -1.47° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 302.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.