The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, June 28, 1988
Waxing Gibbous
98.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
8:36 PM
4:21 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.0%
- Age
- 14.3 days
- Distance
- 372,300 km
- Apparent size
- 32.1′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 810
Events on this date
-
Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 4.7° apart in the sky.
-
Moon, Saturn, and Uranus gathered
All within 6.1° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For Jun 28, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 164.55° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 16.19° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.02% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -77.1° / 332.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 22m / -28.20° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 261.71° / -5.02° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.32° / 6.76° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 10.16° / 1.47° |
| Position angle of the axis | 3.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 255.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.