The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, June 28, 1961
Full Moon
99.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
9:13 PM
6:19 AM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.9%
- Age
- 15.4 days
- Distance
- 362,100 km
- Apparent size
- 33.0′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 476
Events on this date
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Full Moon
The whole disc is lit. The Moon rises around sunset and stays up all night.
Exact values
For Jun 28, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 181.95° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 4.36° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.86% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -60.1° / 305.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 37m / -19.26° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 278.65° / 3.91° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.97° / -4.76° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -4.63° / -1.23° |
| Position angle of the axis | 355.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 20.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.