The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, July 28, 1993
Waxing Gibbous
76.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 27°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
5:01 PM
1:50 AM
27°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 76.7%
- Age
- 9.2 days
- Distance
- 380,000 km
- Apparent size
- 31.4′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 873
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 | 122.15° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 57.73° |
| Illuminated fraction | 76.69% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -53.8° / 71.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 24m / -21.88° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 247.73° / -0.28° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.91° / 0.55° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 63.11° / -1.28° |
| Position angle of the axis | 10.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 278.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.