The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, June 28, 1948
Waning Gibbous
59.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 43°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:04 AM
12:41 PM
43°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 59.5%
- Age
- 21.1 days
- Distance
- 402,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 315
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Jun 28, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 259.21° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 79.09° |
| Illuminated fraction | 59.47% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 6.8° / 257.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 51m / -4.97° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 356.05° / -3.71° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.53° / 5.13° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -82.84° / 1.29° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 67.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.