The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, July 28, 2142
Waxing Crescent
39.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 36°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:11 PM
11:59 PM
36°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 39.0%
- Age
- 5.7 days
- Distance
- 379,700 km
- Apparent size
- 31.5′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2716
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 4.0° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jul 28, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 77.16° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 102.68° |
| Illuminated fraction | 39.03% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -13.1° / 95.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 19m / -12.27° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 202.75° / -3.69° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 8.70° / 5.00° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 110.40° / -1.29° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 292.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.