The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, July 28, 2199
Waxing Crescent
26.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 42°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:50 AM
11:24 PM
42°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 26.7%
- Age
- 5.5 days
- Distance
- 389,900 km
- Apparent size
- 30.6′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 3421
Events on this date
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Venus at its brightest
Shines at magnitude -4.7, as bright as it gets this time around.
Exact values
For Jul 28, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 62.04° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 117.78° |
| Illuminated fraction | 26.69% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 1.3° / 99.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 24m / -5.93° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 187.85° / -3.07° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.64° / 4.29° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 111.20° / -1.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 295.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.