The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, July 28, 2024
Waning Crescent
44.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 67°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
12:25 AM
2:57 PM
67°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 44.0%
- Age
- 22.7 days
- Distance
- 373,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.0′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 1256
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 | 277.09° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 96.94° |
| Illuminated fraction | 43.96% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 30.7° / 268.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 39m / 18.53° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 43.15° / 2.88° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.62° / -3.45° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -92.46° / 1.35° |
| Position angle of the axis | 343.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 72.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.