The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, July 28, 2000
Waning Crescent
8.8% 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
3:37 AM
6:45 PM
71°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 8.8%
- Age
- 26.9 days
- Distance
- 360,800 km
- Apparent size
- 33.1′
- Constellation
- Orion
- Lunation number
- 959
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 | 325.68° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 145.55° |
| Illuminated fraction | 8.77% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 68.4° / 212.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 07m / 21.35° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 91.55° / -2.08° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.92° / 2.99° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -148.45° / 0.32° |
| Position angle of the axis | 2.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 87.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.