The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, July 28, 2016
Waning Crescent
30.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 64°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:46 AM
3:56 PM
64°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 30.9%
- Age
- 24.2 days
- Distance
- 370,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 1157
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 | 292.66° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 112.43° |
| Illuminated fraction | 30.92% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 42.0° / 251.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 50m / 14.96° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 58.65° / -5.02° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.72° / 6.82° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -111.11° / -0.92° |
| Position angle of the axis | 347.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 75.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.