The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, July 31, 2028
Waxing Gibbous
79.7% 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
5:36 PM
1:49 AM
23°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 79.7%
- Age
- 9.5 days
- Distance
- 387,400 km
- Apparent size
- 30.8′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 1306
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Jul 31, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 126.36° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 53.59° |
| Illuminated fraction | 79.67% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -59.3° / 73.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 55m / -25.85° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 255.33° / -3.24° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.92° / 4.36° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 59.93° / -0.45° |
| Position angle of the axis | 7.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 273.7° |
| 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.