The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, July 28, 2017
Waxing Crescent
30.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 47°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
12:06 PM
47°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 30.9%
- Age
- 5.3 days
- Distance
- 390,200 km
- Apparent size
- 30.6′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1170
Events on this date
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Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 3.0° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jul 28, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 67.35° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 112.46° |
| Illuminated fraction | 30.90% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -1.4° / 91.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 54m / -1.53° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 193.12° / 3.96° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.31° / -4.89° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 119.01° / -0.50° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 291.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.