The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, July 28, 1960
Waxing Crescent
21.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 49°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:07 AM
11:28 PM
49°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 21.6%
- Age
- 4.9 days
- Distance
- 390,600 km
- Apparent size
- 30.6′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 465
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 | 55.21° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 124.66° |
| Illuminated fraction | 21.57% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 9.0° / 97.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 05m / 0.91° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 180.77° / 1.32° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.62° / -1.40° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 118.20° / -1.06° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 292.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.