The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, July 28, 1959
Waning Crescent
40.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 63°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:08 AM
3:02 PM
63°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 40.0%
- Age
- 22.6 days
- Distance
- 404,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 452
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 | 281.66° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 101.49° |
| Illuminated fraction | 40.04% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 32.7° / 259.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 00m / 13.60° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 46.49° / -3.31° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.04° / 4.59° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -99.68° / -1.37° |
| Position angle of the axis | 342.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 72.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.