The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, July 28, 2052
Waxing Crescent
8.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 55°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:20 AM
10:18 PM
55°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 8.4%
- Age
- 2.6 days
- Distance
- 381,500 km
- Apparent size
- 31.3′
- Constellation
- Sextans
- Lunation number
- 1603
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 | 33.59° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 146.26° |
| Illuminated fraction | 8.42% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 28.2° / 108.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 42m / 5.71° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 159.88° / -2.32° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.07° / 3.30° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 152.54° / -1.33° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 295.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.