The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, July 28, 2081
Last Quarter
53.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 64°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:57 PM
64°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 53.7%
- Age
- 21.9 days
- Distance
- 397,400 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 1961
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For Jul 28, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 265.90° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 85.76° |
| Illuminated fraction | 53.70% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 20.4° / 273.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 55m / 15.75° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 32.19° / 3.75° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.80° / -4.57° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -91.64° / 1.02° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 69.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.