The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, June 28, 1900
Waxing Crescent
3.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 67°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:43 AM
9:09 PM
67°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 3.0%
- Age
- 1.6 days
- Distance
- 392,400 km
- Apparent size
- 30.4′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- -278
Events on this date
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Moon and Venus close together
They pass 1.4° apart in the sky.
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Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 5.0° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jun 28, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 19.65° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 159.96° |
| Illuminated fraction | 3.03% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 55.6° / 123.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 50m / 17.28° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 116.15° / -3.72° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.73° / 5.19° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 164.68° / -0.72° |
| Position angle of the axis | 9.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 291.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.