The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, June 28, 1950
Waxing Gibbous
97.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
8:34 PM
4:18 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 97.9%
- Age
- 13.0 days
- Distance
- 362,400 km
- Apparent size
- 33.0′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 340
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 | 163.84° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 16.83° |
| Illuminated fraction | 97.86% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -77.2° / 336.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 16m / -27.97° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 260.22° / -4.89° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.56° / 6.59° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 17.77° / 1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 4.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 257.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.