The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, July 28, 1948
Waning Gibbous
56.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 58°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:10 AM
1:32 PM
58°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 56.0%
- Age
- 21.8 days
- Distance
- 395,600 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 316
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 | 263.23° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 83.08° |
| Illuminated fraction | 56.02% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 16.2° / 269.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 48m / 10.10° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 28.68° / -0.97° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.21° / 1.60° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -89.49° / 1.55° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 69.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.