The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, June 28, 1975
Waning Gibbous
77.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 43°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:52 PM
10:59 AM
43°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 77.3%
- Age
- 18.9 days
- Distance
- 403,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 649
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 | 236.88° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 56.90° |
| Illuminated fraction | 77.30% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -11.4° / 272.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 13m / -5.50° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 333.22° / 5.17° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.14° / -6.47° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -55.79° / -0.97° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 66.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.