The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, July 28, 2051
Waning Gibbous
70.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 54°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:45 PM
12:05 PM
54°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 70.6%
- Age
- 20.5 days
- Distance
- 368,400 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1590
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 | 245.83° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 65.71° |
| Illuminated fraction | 70.57% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 0.6° / 276.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 40m / 5.77° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 11.39° / 1.37° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.65° / -1.53° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -65.43° / -1.50° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 66.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.