The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, July 28, 2039
First Quarter
49.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 38°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:59 PM
12:34 AM
38°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 49.3%
- Age
- 7.3 days
- Distance
- 373,100 km
- Apparent size
- 32.0′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1442
Events on this date
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First Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon is high at sunset and sets around midnight.
Exact values
For Jul 28, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 89.01° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 90.85° |
| Illuminated fraction | 49.26% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -22.0° / 84.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 14m / -9.47° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 214.47° / 3.76° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.58° / -4.53° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 86.33° / 1.07° |
| Position angle of the axis | 18.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 289.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.