The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, July 28, 2001
Waxing Gibbous
63.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 33°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:23 PM
1:20 AM
33°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 63.3%
- Age
- 7.8 days
- Distance
- 385,100 km
- Apparent size
- 31.0′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 972
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 | 105.33° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 74.56° |
| Illuminated fraction | 63.31% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -37.1° / 77.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 18m / -14.42° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 230.97° / 3.71° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.98° / -4.42° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 81.73° / 0.80° |
| Position angle of the axis | 13.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 285.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.