The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, July 28, 2074
Waxing Crescent
21.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 52°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:04 AM
11:44 PM
52°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 21.9%
- Age
- 4.5 days
- Distance
- 376,800 km
- Apparent size
- 31.7′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1875
Events on this date
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Moon and Mars close together
They pass 4.4° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jul 28, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 55.58° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 124.18° |
| Illuminated fraction | 21.91% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 9.4° / 94.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 13m / 3.52° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 181.57° / 4.52° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.62° / -5.55° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 119.82° / 0.05° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 290.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.