The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, July 28, 1966
Waxing Gibbous
86.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 23°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
6:27 PM
2:42 AM
23°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 86.9%
- Age
- 10.5 days
- Distance
- 390,600 km
- Apparent size
- 30.6′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 539
Events on this date
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Mercury at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Jul 28, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 137.44° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 42.52° |
| Illuminated fraction | 86.85% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -67.6° / 57.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 27m / -25.74° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 262.57° / -2.51° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.06° / 3.57° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 48.31° / 1.50° |
| Position angle of the axis | 1.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 270.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.