The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, July 28, 1998
Waxing Crescent
24.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 49°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:24 AM
11:44 PM
49°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 24.4%
- Age
- 5.1 days
- Distance
- 402,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 935
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 | 59.00° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 120.83° |
| Illuminated fraction | 24.37% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 5.9° / 94.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 21m / 0.87° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 184.38° / 2.84° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.75° / -3.44° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 122.83° / -0.71° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 291.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.