The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, July 28, 2020
Waxing Gibbous
63.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 33°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:25 PM
1:15 AM
33°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 63.0%
- Age
- 7.9 days
- Distance
- 372,100 km
- Apparent size
- 32.1′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 1207
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 | 105.01° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 74.87° |
| Illuminated fraction | 63.05% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -37.1° / 78.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 18m / -14.96° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 231.05° / 3.17° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.87° / -3.71° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 77.92° / 0.96° |
| Position angle of the axis | 13.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 285.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.