The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, July 28, 2061
Waxing Gibbous
86.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 21°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
6:36 PM
2:31 AM
21°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 86.7%
- Age
- 11.6 days
- Distance
- 403,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 1714
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 | 137.35° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 42.76° |
| Illuminated fraction | 86.71% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -69.0° / 62.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 31m / -28.01° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 263.48° / -4.74° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.82° / 6.41° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 41.52° / 1.48° |
| Position angle of the axis | 2.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 267.4° |
| 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.