The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, July 28, 2088
Waxing Gibbous
79.3% 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
5:06 PM
2:23 AM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 79.3%
- Age
- 10.3 days
- Distance
- 405,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 2048
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 | 125.87° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 54.07° |
| Illuminated fraction | 79.34% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -55.2° / 63.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 46m / -19.04° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 252.45° / 3.26° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.67° / -4.00° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 56.33° / -1.57° |
| Position angle of the axis | 8.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 279.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.