The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, July 28, 1979
Waxing Crescent
18.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 52°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:39 AM
11:17 PM
52°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 18.0%
- Age
- 4.6 days
- Distance
- 404,800 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 700
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 | 50.03° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 129.84° |
| Illuminated fraction | 17.97% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 14.1° / 98.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 44m / 3.32° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 175.02° / 1.47° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.43° / -1.62° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 126.63° / -0.91° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 292.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.