The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, July 28, 2096
Waxing Gibbous
63.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:32 PM
1:06 AM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 63.4%
- Age
- 8.9 days
- Distance
- 404,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 2147
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 404,200 km.
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Mercury at greatest elongation
27° from the Sun in the evening sky, its best showing after sunset.
Exact values
For Jul 28, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 105.40° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 74.46° |
| Illuminated fraction | 63.40% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -38.6° / 81.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 19m / -17.73° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 232.04° / 0.55° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.14° / -0.41° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 74.92° / 1.46° |
| Position angle of the axis | 13.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 284.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.