The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, July 28, 2006
Waxing Crescent
11.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 56°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:40 AM
10:42 PM
56°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 11.0%
- Age
- 3.5 days
- Distance
- 405,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 1034
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 | 38.61° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 141.28° |
| Illuminated fraction | 10.99% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 24.8° / 102.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 03m / 7.28° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 164.06° / 1.10° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.00° / -1.20° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 141.49° / 1.24° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 291.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.