The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, July 28, 1970
Waning Crescent
19.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 77°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
1:53 AM
5:52 PM
77°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 19.0%
- Age
- 25.0 days
- Distance
- 393,900 km
- Apparent size
- 30.3′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 588
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 | 308.67° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 128.37° |
| Illuminated fraction | 18.96% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 61.1° / 253.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 47m / 27.56° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 73.83° / 5.13° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.03° / -6.46° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -122.15° / 0.72° |
| Position angle of the axis | 352.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 86.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.