The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, June 28, 1999
Full Moon
99.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
8:53 PM
6:00 AM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.9%
- Age
- 14.9 days
- Distance
- 402,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 946
Events on this date
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Full Moon
The whole disc is lit. The Moon rises around sunset and stays up all night.
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Mercury at greatest elongation
26° from the Sun in the evening sky, its best showing after sunset.
Exact values
For Jun 28, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 177.39° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 4.19° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.87% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -63.5° / 311.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 17m / -20.09° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 273.92° / 3.29° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.81° / -4.03° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -0.02° / -1.00° |
| Position angle of the axis | 357.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 314.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.