The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, July 28, 2010
Waning Gibbous
93.9% 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
9:55 PM
8:55 AM
41°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 93.9%
- Age
- 16.8 days
- Distance
- 405,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 1083
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 405,900 km.
Exact values
For Jul 28, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 208.47° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 28.67° |
| Illuminated fraction | 93.87% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -33.5° / 292.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 17m / -6.21° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 333.95° / 4.13° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.39° / -5.09° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -29.04° / -0.68° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 61.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.