The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, June 28, 1974
Waxing Gibbous
69.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 33°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:53 PM
1:44 AM
33°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 69.6%
- Age
- 8.5 days
- Distance
- 385,800 km
- Apparent size
- 31.0′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 637
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 4.9° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jun 28, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 113.06° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 66.87° |
| Illuminated fraction | 69.64% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -42.4° / 72.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 44m / -15.11° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 209.64° / -4.03° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.53° / 5.38° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 73.58° / -0.48° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 289.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.