The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, July 28, 2002
Waning Gibbous
82.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 41°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:29 PM
10:26 AM
41°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 82.9%
- Age
- 18.2 days
- Distance
- 403,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 984
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 | 228.80° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 48.88° |
| Illuminated fraction | 82.88% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -17.4° / 275.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 47m / -6.96° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 354.21° / -5.07° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.25° / 6.87° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -47.65° / 1.23° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 71.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.