The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, June 28, 1980
Full Moon
99.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
9:20 PM
6:26 AM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.8%
- Age
- 15.8 days
- Distance
- 381,000 km
- Apparent size
- 31.4′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 711
Events on this date
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Full Moon
The whole disc is lit. The Moon rises around sunset and stays up all night.
Exact values
For Jun 28, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 183.61° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 4.89° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.82% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -59.2° / 302.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 45m / -19.69° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 280.70° / 3.33° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.12° / -4.06° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -8.43° / -1.13° |
| Position angle of the axis | 354.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 43.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.