The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, June 28, 1989
Waning Crescent
24.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
2:01 AM
4:36 PM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 24.9%
- Age
- 24.8 days
- Distance
- 369,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 822
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 369,000 km.
Exact values
For Jun 28, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 300.37° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 120.13° |
| Illuminated fraction | 24.90% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 48.6° / 250.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 13m / 18.50° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 37.30° / 4.82° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.30° / -6.00° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -119.29° / 1.17° |
| Position angle of the axis | 341.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 73.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.