The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, July 28, 2013
Waning Gibbous
60.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 59°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:08 PM
59°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 60.9%
- Age
- 20.4 days
- Distance
- 388,800 km
- Apparent size
- 30.7′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1120
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 | 257.56° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 77.42° |
| Illuminated fraction | 60.89% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 11.6° / 273.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 24m / 10.63° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 23.29° / 1.70° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.55° / -1.94° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -70.03° / -1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 67.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.