The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, July 28, 2146
Waning Gibbous
69.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 52°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:10 PM
52°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 69.0%
- Age
- 19.6 days
- Distance
- 380,500 km
- Apparent size
- 31.4′
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Lunation number
- 2765
Events on this date
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Moon and Mars close together
They pass 2.1° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jul 28, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 247.73° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 67.62° |
| Illuminated fraction | 69.04% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 1.4° / 272.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 52m / 3.28° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 13.35° / -2.15° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.60° / 3.05° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -60.01° / -1.05° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 68.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.