The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, July 28, 1980
Waning Gibbous
99.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 33°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:35 PM
7:17 AM
33°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.0%
- Age
- 16.4 days
- Distance
- 368,900 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 712
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Jul 28, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 191.63° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 11.60° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.98% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -50.4° / 297.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 19m / -15.39° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 317.33° / 0.26° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.02° / -0.11° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -15.07° / -0.42° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 72.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.