The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, July 28, 2015
Waxing Gibbous
89.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
6:20 PM
3:37 AM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 89.9%
- Age
- 12.6 days
- Distance
- 377,800 km
- Apparent size
- 31.6′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1145
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 | 143.13° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 37.09° |
| Illuminated fraction | 89.89% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -65.2° / 34.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 53m / -18.34° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 268.41° / 5.08° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.11° / -6.26° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 30.51° / -1.34° |
| Position angle of the axis | 0.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 276.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.