The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, July 28, 2197
Full Moon
99.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
8:25 PM
5:56 AM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.7%
- Age
- 13.4 days
- Distance
- 385,400 km
- Apparent size
- 31.0′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 3396
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 3.7° apart in the sky.
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Full Moon
The whole disc is lit. The Moon rises around sunset and stays up all night.
Exact values
For Jul 28, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 174.34° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 6.38° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.69% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -62.4° / 320.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 09m / -17.09° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 300.61° / 2.98° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.56° / -3.61° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 10.55° / -1.07° |
| Position angle of the axis | 349.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 281.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.