The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, July 28, 2083
Full Moon
99.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 27°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
8:46 PM
5:45 AM
27°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.8%
- Age
- 13.7 days
- Distance
- 368,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1986
Events on this date
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Full Moon
The whole disc is lit. The Moon rises around sunset and stays up all night.
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Total lunar eclipse
The Moon passes fully into Earth's shadow and turns a dim copper red. It starts at 7:16 PM, is deepest at 9:02 PM and ends at 10:49 PM. Totality lasts from 8:17 PM to 9:48 PM. Partly visible from Columbus: the Moon is below the horizon for some of it.
Exact values
For Jul 28, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 175.00° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 5.04° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.81% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -64.6° / 313.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 13m / -20.65° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 300.83° / -0.71° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.68° / 1.17° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 8.96° / 0.05° |
| Position angle of the axis | 349.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 247.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.