The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, July 28, 2047
Waxing Crescent
35.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 36°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:54 PM
11:41 PM
36°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 35.9%
- Age
- 5.7 days
- Distance
- 370,400 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1541
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 | 73.39° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 106.40° |
| Illuminated fraction | 35.88% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -9.9° / 98.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 02m / -12.26° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 198.93° / -5.24° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.53° / 7.02° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 104.99° / -0.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 294.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.