The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, July 28, 1974
Waxing Gibbous
74.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 27°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
4:49 PM
1:38 AM
27°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 74.7%
- Age
- 9.2 days
- Distance
- 395,900 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 638
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 2.6° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jul 28, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 119.44° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 60.43° |
| Illuminated fraction | 74.67% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -51.8° / 75.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 10m / -22.29° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 244.65° / -1.24° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.06° / 1.78° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 66.92° / -1.16° |
| Position angle of the axis | 11.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 279.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.