The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, July 28, 2012
Waxing Gibbous
75.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 28°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
4:52 PM
1:45 AM
28°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 75.4%
- Age
- 9.5 days
- Distance
- 367,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.5′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 1108
Events on this date
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Mercury at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Jul 28, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 120.40° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 59.48° |
| Illuminated fraction | 75.39% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -52.1° / 72.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 18m / -21.09° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 246.38° / 0.29° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.38° / -0.14° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 59.31° / -1.37° |
| Position angle of the axis | 11.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 279.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.