The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, July 28, 2108
Waning Gibbous
72.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 52°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:44 PM
11:50 AM
52°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 72.6%
- Age
- 19.7 days
- Distance
- 404,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 2295
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 404,800 km.
Exact values
For Jul 28, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 243.29° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 63.16° |
| Illuminated fraction | 72.58% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -2.0° / 275.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 34m / 3.16° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 9.07° / -0.47° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.34° / 0.82° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -64.61° / -1.34° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 67.2° |
| 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.