The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, June 28, 1972
Waning Gibbous
96.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 28°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
10:34 PM
7:45 AM
28°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 96.4%
- Age
- 17.2 days
- Distance
- 390,400 km
- Apparent size
- 30.6′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 612
Events on this date
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Mercury and Mars close together
They pass 0.3° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jun 28, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 201.88° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 21.83° |
| Illuminated fraction | 96.42% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -45.6° / 282.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 04m / -20.12° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 298.91° / 0.27° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.78° / 0.01° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -27.02° / 0.56° |
| Position angle of the axis | 349.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 78.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.