The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, June 28, 1926
Waning Gibbous
89.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 29°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
11:45 PM
9:00 AM
29°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 89.5%
- Age
- 18.2 days
- Distance
- 364,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.8′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 43
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 364,000 km.
Exact values
For Jun 28, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 217.85° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 37.83° |
| Illuminated fraction | 89.49% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -32.0° / 271.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 09m / -18.97° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 314.03° / -2.45° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.11° / 3.39° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -38.00° / -0.28° |
| Position angle of the axis | 341.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 76.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.