The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, July 28, 1999
Full Moon
100.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
9:05 PM
6:30 AM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 100.0%
- Age
- 15.6 days
- Distance
- 393,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.4′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 947
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 0.6° apart in the sky.
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Full Moon
The whole disc is lit. The Moon rises around sunset and stays up all night.
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Partial lunar eclipse
Part of the Moon passes through Earth's dark inner shadow. It starts at 6:21 AM, is deepest at 7:33 AM and ends at 8:45 AM. Partly visible from Columbus: the Moon is below the horizon for some of it.
Exact values
For Jul 28, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 182.22° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 2.27° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.96% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -58.3° / 305.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 39m / -17.93° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 307.37° / 0.51° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.85° / -0.44° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -6.68° / -0.25° |
| Position angle of the axis | 343.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 67.9° |
| 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.