The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, July 28, 2090
Waxing Crescent
3.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 59°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:20 AM
9:54 PM
59°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 3.8%
- Age
- 1.6 days
- Distance
- 361,400 km
- Apparent size
- 33.1′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 2073
Events on this date
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Mercury, Moon, and Neptune gathered
All within 6.2° of each other in the sky.
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 2.7° apart in the sky.
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Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 1.0° apart in the sky.
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 361,400 km.
Exact values
For Jul 28, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 22.37° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 157.49° |
| Illuminated fraction | 3.81% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 38.7° / 113.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 00m / 10.08° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 148.49° / -2.04° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.38° / 2.98° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 157.18° / -1.11° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 295.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.