The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, June 28, 1991
Waning Gibbous
97.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 27°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
10:16 PM
7:19 AM
27°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 97.9%
- Age
- 16.2 days
- Distance
- 405,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 847
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 | 196.73° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 16.69° |
| Illuminated fraction | 97.89% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -50.2° / 285.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 40m / -21.05° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 293.20° / 0.40° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.43° / -0.20° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -18.61° / 0.36° |
| Position angle of the axis | 352.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 80.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.