The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, July 28, 2018
Waning Gibbous
99.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
9:30 PM
7:03 AM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.4%
- Age
- 15.5 days
- Distance
- 405,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 1182
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 | 188.89° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 8.90° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.40% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -53.2° / 297.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 09m / -17.26° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 314.43° / -0.79° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.09° / 1.25° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -10.46° / -0.01° |
| Position angle of the axis | 341.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 80.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.