The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, July 28, 1912
Full Moon
99.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
8:04 PM
4:30 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.6%
- Age
- 14.2 days
- Distance
- 406,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- -129
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 4.2° apart in the sky.
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Full Moon
The whole disc is lit. The Moon rises around sunset and stays up all night.
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 406,400 km.
Exact values
For Jul 28, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 174.78° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 7.10° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.62% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -74.4° / 341.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 13m / -24.90° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 299.99° / -4.85° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.73° / 6.60° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 6.01° / 1.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 347.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 213.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.