The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, July 28, 1989
Waning Crescent
17.7% 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
1:59 AM
6:02 PM
77°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 17.7%
- Age
- 25.5 days
- Distance
- 376,500 km
- Apparent size
- 31.7′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 823
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 | 310.49° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 130.20° |
| Illuminated fraction | 17.73% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 62.6° / 251.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 57m / 27.61° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 76.04° / 4.92° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.08° / -6.15° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -125.95° / 0.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 353.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 87.6° |
| 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.