The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, June 28, 1963
First Quarter
48.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 51°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:25 PM
1:29 AM
51°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 48.4%
- Age
- 7.2 days
- Distance
- 400,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 501
Events on this date
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First Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon is high at sunset and sets around midnight.
Exact values
For Jun 28, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 87.96° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 91.88° |
| Illuminated fraction | 48.36% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -15.6° / 72.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 23m / 2.97° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 184.20° / 5.06° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.89° / -6.28° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 95.99° / -0.40° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 293.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.