The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, June 28, 1973
Waning Crescent
5.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 74°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
3:54 AM
7:30 PM
74°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 5.0%
- Age
- 27.5 days
- Distance
- 359,400 km
- Apparent size
- 33.2′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 624
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 | 334.22° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 154.06° |
| Illuminated fraction | 5.04% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 73.8° / 195.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 36m / 24.46° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 71.02° / 2.38° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.51° / -2.81° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -156.63° / 0.03° |
| Position angle of the axis | 350.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 86.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.