The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, July 28, 1969
Full Moon
99.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 23°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
9:01 PM
5:24 AM
23°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.6%
- Age
- 14.1 days
- Distance
- 358,000 km
- Apparent size
- 33.4′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 576
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 357,900 km.
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Full Moon
The whole disc is lit. The Moon rises around sunset and stays up all night.
Exact values
For Jul 28, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 173.61° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 7.57° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.56% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -68.0° / 308.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 08m / -24.37° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 299.00° / -4.10° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.73° / 5.56° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 7.33° / 1.13° |
| Position angle of the axis | 348.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 225.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.