The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, July 28, 2091
Waxing Gibbous
96.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
7:23 PM
4:36 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 96.0%
- Age
- 12.1 days
- Distance
- 377,900 km
- Apparent size
- 31.6′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 2085
Events on this date
-
Mercury at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
-
Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 4.1° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jul 28, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 157.09° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 23.18° |
| Illuminated fraction | 95.96% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -69.0° / 359.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 55m / -18.82° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 282.98° / 3.99° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.75° / -4.82° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 27.56° / -0.71° |
| Position angle of the axis | 353.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 273.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.