The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, June 28, 1933
Waxing Crescent
27.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 55°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:24 AM
12:02 AM
55°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 27.4%
- Age
- 5.6 days
- Distance
- 390,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.6′
- Constellation
- Sextans
- Lunation number
- 130
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 1.6° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jun 28, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 62.95° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 116.91° |
| Illuminated fraction | 27.37% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 5.9° / 86.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 43m / 7.24° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 159.43° / -0.86° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.04° / 1.34° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 110.02° / 1.28° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 292.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.