The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, July 28, 2060
Waxing Crescent
1.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 69°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
7:19 AM
9:59 PM
69°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 1.6%
- Age
- 1.1 days
- Distance
- 388,900 km
- Apparent size
- 30.7′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 1702
Events on this date
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Jupiter, Neptune, and Venus gathered
All within 5.8° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For Jul 28, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 13.76° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 165.41° |
| Illuminated fraction | 1.61% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 49.4° / 109.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 36m / 19.32° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 140.11° / 4.79° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.62° / -6.06° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 171.21° / 1.54° |
| Position angle of the axis | 18.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 271.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.