The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, June 28, 1951
Waning Crescent
26.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 66°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
2:02 AM
4:17 PM
66°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 26.8%
- Age
- 24.0 days
- Distance
- 398,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 352
Events on this date
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Mercury and Uranus close together
They pass 1.2° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jun 28, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 297.79° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 117.59° |
| Illuminated fraction | 26.85% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 45.7° / 250.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 01m / 16.56° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 33.94° / 3.96° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.31° / -4.95° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -111.67° / 1.42° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 71.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.