The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, June 28, 1944
First Quarter
49.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 50°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:32 PM
1:30 AM
50°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 49.6%
- Age
- 8.0 days
- Distance
- 402,800 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 266
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 3.3° apart in the sky.
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First Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon is high at sunset and sets around midnight.
Exact values
For Jun 28, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 89.33° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 90.51° |
| Illuminated fraction | 49.55% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -17.1° / 72.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 30m / 2.05° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 186.13° / 4.89° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.18° / -6.06° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 87.57° / -0.60° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 293.3° |
| 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.