The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, July 28, 2123
Waxing Crescent
34.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 38°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:42 PM
11:40 PM
38°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 34.4%
- Age
- 5.7 days
- Distance
- 393,900 km
- Apparent size
- 30.3′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2481
Events on this date
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Moon and Mars close together
They pass 4.1° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jul 28, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 71.65° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 108.16° |
| Illuminated fraction | 34.42% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -7.9° / 97.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 55m / -10.71° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 196.84° / -4.44° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.96° / 6.00° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 114.19° / -1.19° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 294.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.