The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, July 28, 2048
Waning Gibbous
86.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 48°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:28 PM
10:14 AM
48°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 86.3%
- Age
- 17.5 days
- Distance
- 378,800 km
- Apparent size
- 31.5′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1553
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 | 223.38° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 43.52° |
| Illuminated fraction | 86.26% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -19.3° / 287.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 14m / 0.62° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 349.64° / 5.14° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.80° / -6.36° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -36.62° / -1.03° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 61.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.