The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, July 28, 2025
Waxing Crescent
16.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 51°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:27 AM
10:56 PM
51°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 16.0%
- Age
- 3.9 days
- Distance
- 393,900 km
- Apparent size
- 30.3′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 1269
Events on this date
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Moon and Mars close together
They pass 1.1° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jul 28, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 47.08° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 132.81° |
| Illuminated fraction | 16.02% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 16.2° / 101.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 33m / 2.49° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 172.92° / -0.35° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.69° / 0.74° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 137.68° / 1.08° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 293.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.