The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, June 28, 1987
Waxing Crescent
5.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 73°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
7:56 AM
11:13 PM
73°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 5.5%
- Age
- 2.4 days
- Distance
- 406,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 798
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 406,400 km.
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Neptune at opposition
Opposite the Sun in the sky: up all night and at its brightest for the year.
Exact values
For Jun 28, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 26.59° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 153.00° |
| Illuminated fraction | 5.45% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 42.1° / 93.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 26m / 23.85° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 123.03° / 4.48° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.68° / -5.68° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 151.97° / 1.57° |
| Position angle of the axis | 13.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 275.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.