The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, July 28, 1996
Waxing Gibbous
95.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
7:09 PM
4:25 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 95.0%
- Age
- 13.0 days
- Distance
- 359,600 km
- Apparent size
- 33.2′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 910
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 | 154.60° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 25.80° |
| Illuminated fraction | 95.01% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -68.1° / 6.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 44m / -17.98° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 280.45° / 5.06° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.22° / -6.20° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 22.11° / -1.39° |
| Position angle of the axis | 355.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 275.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.