The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, June 30, 1928
Waxing Gibbous
94.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
7:15 PM
4:04 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 94.5%
- Age
- 12.8 days
- Distance
- 403,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 68
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 2.1° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jun 30, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 152.68° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 27.25° |
| Illuminated fraction | 94.45% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -71.8° / 17.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 39m / -22.31° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 251.27° / -0.17° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.22° / 0.51° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 25.92° / 0.79° |
| Position angle of the axis | 6.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 277.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.