The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, July 28, 2014
Waxing Crescent
2.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 59°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:07 AM
9:30 PM
59°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 2.8%
- Age
- 1.7 days
- Distance
- 406,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 1133
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 | 18.76° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 160.73° |
| Illuminated fraction | 2.80% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 41.2° / 117.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 41m / 9.41° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 144.27° / -4.26° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.35° / 5.91° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 160.16° / -1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 302.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.