The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, June 28, 1905
Waning Crescent
16.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 62°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:22 AM
4:11 PM
62°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 16.3%
- Age
- 25.5 days
- Distance
- 400,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- -217
Events on this date
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Moon and Venus close together
They pass 1.7° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jun 28, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 312.65° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 132.34° |
| Illuminated fraction | 16.33% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 44.7° / 243.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 11m / 12.68° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 48.94° / -4.97° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.53° / 6.80° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -135.45° / -1.30° |
| Position angle of the axis | 343.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 69.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.