The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, July 28, 1971
Waxing Crescent
33.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 38°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:34 PM
11:33 PM
38°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 33.3%
- Age
- 6.3 days
- Distance
- 404,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 601
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 | 70.28° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 109.51° |
| Illuminated fraction | 33.30% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -6.5° / 98.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 49m / -10.24° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 195.21° / -4.61° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.81° / 6.24° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 107.98° / 0.29° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 294.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.