The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, July 28, 2050
Waxing Gibbous
66.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
3:49 PM
1:12 AM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 66.2%
- Age
- 9.8 days
- Distance
- 387,500 km
- Apparent size
- 30.8′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 1578
Events on this date
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Mercury at greatest elongation
27° from the Sun in the evening sky, its best showing after sunset.
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Saturn at opposition
Opposite the Sun in the sky: up all night and at its brightest for the year.
Exact values
For Jul 28, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 108.79° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 71.07° |
| Illuminated fraction | 66.22% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -41.5° / 79.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 30m / -18.31° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 234.59° / 0.62° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.52° / -0.54° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 63.91° / -1.50° |
| Position angle of the axis | 15.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 284.0° |
| 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.