The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, July 28, 1988
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
8:57 PM
5:25 AM
23°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.6%
- Age
- 14.8 days
- Distance
- 361,800 km
- Apparent size
- 33.0′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 811
Events on this date
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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 | 173.34° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 7.59° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.56% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -67.8° / 310.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 08m / -23.95° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 299.12° / -3.70° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.33° / 5.06° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 3.53° / 1.01° |
| Position angle of the axis | 348.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 228.5° |
| 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.