The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, June 28, 1906
Waxing Crescent
40.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 54°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
11:36 AM
54°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 40.4%
- Age
- 6.7 days
- Distance
- 379,100 km
- Apparent size
- 31.5′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- -204
Events on this date
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Uranus at opposition
Opposite the Sun in the sky: up all night and at its brightest for the year.
Exact values
For Jun 28, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 78.74° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 101.10° |
| Illuminated fraction | 40.38% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 3.6° / 86.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 47m / 5.30° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 174.80° / 3.52° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.60° / -4.26° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 94.67° / -0.96° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 292.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.