The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, June 28, 1983
Waning Gibbous
90.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 28°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
11:43 PM
8:51 AM
28°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 90.2%
- Age
- 17.5 days
- Distance
- 405,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 748
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 405,600 km.
Exact values
For Jun 28, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 216.40° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 36.49° |
| Illuminated fraction | 90.20% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -33.7° / 269.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 06m / -20.71° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 312.79° / -3.90° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.67° / 5.30° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -37.19° / 0.35° |
| Position angle of the axis | 342.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 79.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.