The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, July 28, 1981
Waning Crescent
8.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 71°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
3:46 AM
6:48 PM
71°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 8.1%
- Age
- 26.9 days
- Distance
- 368,100 km
- Apparent size
- 32.5′
- Constellation
- Orion
- Lunation number
- 724
Events on this date
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Moon and Mars close together
They pass 2.8° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jul 28, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 327.11° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 146.95° |
| Illuminated fraction | 8.09% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 68.5° / 208.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 11m / 20.84° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 92.59° / -2.58° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.34° / 3.62° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -144.65° / 0.14° |
| Position angle of the axis | 2.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 86.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.