The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, June 28, 1981
Waning Crescent
13.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 63°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:34 AM
5:38 PM
63°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 13.8%
- Age
- 26.2 days
- Distance
- 363,200 km
- Apparent size
- 32.9′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 723
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 | 316.76° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 136.45° |
| Illuminated fraction | 13.76% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 57.5° / 221.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 30m / 13.97° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 53.61° / -4.86° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.63° / 6.65° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -137.97° / -0.65° |
| Position angle of the axis | 346.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 70.4° |
| 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.