The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, June 28, 1953
Waning Gibbous
97.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 26°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
10:35 PM
7:29 AM
26°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 97.0%
- Age
- 17.0 days
- Distance
- 370,100 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 377
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 | 199.89° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 19.86° |
| Illuminated fraction | 97.03% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -47.9° / 282.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 55m / -21.47° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 296.53° / -0.62° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.93° / 1.16° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -23.21° / 0.74° |
| Position angle of the axis | 350.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 81.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.