The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, July 28, 2155
Waning Crescent
0.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 75°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
5:17 AM
8:49 PM
75°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.7%
- Age
- 28.8 days
- Distance
- 406,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 2876
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 406,500 km.
Exact values
For Jul 28, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 351.20° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 170.17° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.73% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 69.4° / 132.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 58m / 25.06° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 116.64° / 4.33° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.38° / -5.49° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -171.10° / 1.22° |
| Position angle of the axis | 10.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 127.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.