The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, July 28, 1994
Waning Gibbous
67.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 57°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:43 PM
12:27 PM
57°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 67.5%
- Age
- 19.8 days
- Distance
- 400,800 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 885
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 | 249.62° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 69.51° |
| Illuminated fraction | 67.50% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 4.5° / 276.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 51m / 8.62° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 14.97° / 2.95° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.45° / -3.60° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -66.24° / -1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 66.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.