The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, July 28, 2023
Waxing Gibbous
77.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 23°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
5:22 PM
1:44 AM
23°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 77.7%
- Age
- 10.9 days
- Distance
- 374,500 km
- Apparent size
- 31.9′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 1244
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 | 123.53° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 56.41° |
| Illuminated fraction | 77.66% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -56.4° / 74.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 26m / -24.97° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 248.88° / -3.23° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.84° / 4.43° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 49.11° / 1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 7.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 276.6° |
| 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.