The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, August 1, 2028
Waxing Gibbous
87.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 24°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
6:29 PM
2:43 AM
24°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 87.3%
- Age
- 10.5 days
- Distance
- 391,200 km
- Apparent size
- 30.5′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1306
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Aug 1, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 138.20° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 41.75° |
| Illuminated fraction | 87.30% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -68.3° / 55.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 52m / -25.66° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 268.13° / -2.24° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.36° / 3.07° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 47.73° / -0.48° |
| Position angle of the axis | 2.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 267.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.