The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, July 28, 2011
Waning Crescent
5.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 72°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
4:05 AM
7:14 PM
72°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 5.5%
- Age
- 27.3 days
- Distance
- 380,900 km
- Apparent size
- 31.4′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 1095
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 | 332.93° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 152.83° |
| Illuminated fraction | 5.52% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 71.2° / 192.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 35m / 21.82° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 98.18° / -1.37° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.88° / 2.09° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -158.67° / -1.04° |
| Position angle of the axis | 2.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 90.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.