The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, June 28, 1976
Waxing Crescent
1.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 67°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:15 AM
9:43 PM
67°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 1.4%
- Age
- 1.0 days
- Distance
- 386,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.9′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 662
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 | 12.64° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 166.48° |
| Illuminated fraction | 1.39% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 50.4° / 114.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 22m / 17.30° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 109.71° / -4.74° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.67° / 6.53° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 162.20° / -1.27° |
| Position angle of the axis | 7.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 299.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.