The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, June 28, 1979
Waxing Crescent
15.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 61°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:00 AM
11:44 PM
61°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 15.7%
- Age
- 4.2 days
- Distance
- 404,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 699
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 | 46.63° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 133.24° |
| Illuminated fraction | 15.75% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 21.1° / 92.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 39m / 12.41° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 143.00° / -1.52° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.88° / 2.28° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 133.30° / -1.42° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 290.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.