The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, July 28, 1967
Waning Gibbous
58.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 58°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:04 AM
1:20 PM
58°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 58.1%
- Age
- 21.0 days
- Distance
- 404,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 551
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 404,100 km.
Exact values
For Jul 28, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 260.85° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 80.70° |
| Illuminated fraction | 58.08% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 14.0° / 270.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 36m / 9.43° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 25.74° / -0.56° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.17° / 1.03° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -81.06° / 1.56° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 68.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.