The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, July 28, 2118
Waxing Gibbous
79.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 21°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
5:45 PM
1:42 AM
21°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 79.6%
- Age
- 9.9 days
- Distance
- 368,300 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 2419
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 368,300 km.
Exact values
For Jul 28, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 126.41° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 53.65° |
| Illuminated fraction | 79.64% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -59.8° / 75.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 38m / -27.22° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 251.80° / -5.08° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.49° / 6.79° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 54.56° / 1.11° |
| Position angle of the axis | 7.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 273.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.