The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, July 28, 2069
Waxing Gibbous
72.5% 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
4:25 PM
1:45 AM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 72.5%
- Age
- 10.2 days
- Distance
- 400,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 1813
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 | 116.65° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 63.23° |
| Illuminated fraction | 72.52% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -48.0° / 72.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 05m / -18.78° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 242.84° / 1.98° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.61° / -2.32° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 60.11° / -1.56° |
| Position angle of the axis | 12.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 281.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.