The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, July 28, 2009
First Quarter
47.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
2:07 PM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 47.5%
- Age
- 6.6 days
- Distance
- 387,900 km
- Apparent size
- 30.8′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1071
Events on this date
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First Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon is high at sunset and sets around midnight.
Exact values
For Jul 28, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 87.02° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 92.82° |
| Illuminated fraction | 47.54% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -22.9° / 94.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 55m / -17.38° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 212.74° / -5.29° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 8.38° / 7.07° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 100.36° / -0.16° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 290.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.