The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, July 28, 2005
Waning Crescent
44.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 66°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
12:28 AM
2:50 PM
66°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 44.6%
- Age
- 22.2 days
- Distance
- 386,900 km
- Apparent size
- 30.9′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 1021
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 | 276.35° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 96.20° |
| Illuminated fraction | 44.60% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 29.7° / 267.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 36m / 17.52° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 42.02° / 2.18° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.71° / -2.58° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -88.66° / 1.45° |
| Position angle of the axis | 343.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 72.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.