The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, June 28, 1996
Waxing Gibbous
91.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:25 PM
3:52 AM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 91.0%
- Age
- 12.6 days
- Distance
- 367,300 km
- Apparent size
- 32.5′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 909
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 | 145.17° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 34.94° |
| Illuminated fraction | 90.99% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -64.6° / 29.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 04m / -16.91° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 242.39° / 3.80° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.84° / -4.60° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 28.74° / -1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 12.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 286.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.