The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, July 28, 2007
Waxing Gibbous
97.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 22°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
8:21 PM
4:31 AM
22°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 97.7%
- Age
- 14.2 days
- Distance
- 384,600 km
- Apparent size
- 31.1′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1046
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 | 162.99° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 17.40° |
| Illuminated fraction | 97.71% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -75.0° / 333.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 21m / -26.10° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 288.21° / -3.93° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.09° / 5.36° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 11.93° / 0.90° |
| Position angle of the axis | 353.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 248.9° |
| 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.