The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, June 28, 1921
Last Quarter
49.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 53°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:05 AM
1:51 PM
53°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 49.0%
- Age
- 22.4 days
- Distance
- 394,400 km
- Apparent size
- 30.3′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- -19
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For Jun 28, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 271.29° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 91.14° |
| Illuminated fraction | 49.00% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 19.7° / 258.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 26m / 4.37° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 7.67° / 1.44° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.30° / -1.65° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -97.66° / -1.47° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 66.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.