The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, June 28, 1997
Waning Crescent
37.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 55°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:54 AM
2:56 PM
55°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 37.4%
- Age
- 23.4 days
- Distance
- 374,000 km
- Apparent size
- 31.9′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 921
Events on this date
-
Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 0.2° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jun 28, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 284.75° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 104.60° |
| Illuminated fraction | 37.39% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 31.2° / 249.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 24m / 6.22° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 21.74° / -2.43° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.12° / 3.46° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -100.65° / -1.47° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 67.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.