The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, June 28, 1928
Waxing Gibbous
82.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:14 PM
3:06 AM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 82.8%
- Age
- 10.8 days
- Distance
- 405,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 68
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 405,300 km.
Exact values
For Jun 28, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 130.92° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 49.00° |
| Illuminated fraction | 82.80% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -55.6° / 52.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 03m / -15.21° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 227.59° / 1.95° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.84° / -2.20° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 50.33° / 0.74° |
| Position angle of the axis | 14.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 287.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.