The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, June 28, 1998
Waxing Crescent
21.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 59°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
10:43 AM
59°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 21.7%
- Age
- 4.5 days
- Distance
- 394,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.3′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 934
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 | 55.36° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 124.51° |
| Illuminated fraction | 21.67% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 13.2° / 87.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 16m / 10.65° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 152.13° / -0.07° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.84° / 0.35° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 129.49° / -1.29° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 291.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.