The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, July 28, 2008
Waning Crescent
18.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 77°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
1:51 AM
5:53 PM
77°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 18.9%
- Age
- 25.6 days
- Distance
- 364,900 km
- Apparent size
- 32.7′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 1058
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 | 308.66° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 128.39° |
| Illuminated fraction | 18.95% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 60.9° / 253.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 51m / 27.25° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 74.60° / 4.73° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.60° / -5.88° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -129.78° / 0.33° |
| Position angle of the axis | 352.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 86.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.