The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, July 28, 2136
New Moon
0.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 74°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
5:38 AM
9:03 PM
74°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.3%
- Age
- 29.1 days
- Distance
- 392,800 km
- Apparent size
- 30.4′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 2641
Events on this date
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Mars and Uranus close together
They pass 0.2° apart in the sky.
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New Moon
The Moon passes between Earth and the Sun and cannot be seen. These are the darkest nights of the month.
Exact values
For Jul 28, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 355.22° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 173.46° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.33% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 66.1° / 125.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 18m / 24.21° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 121.22° / 4.44° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.96° / -5.63° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -179.53° / 1.33° |
| Position angle of the axis | 12.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 146.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.