The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, June 28, 2001
Waxing Gibbous
56.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 47°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:12 PM
1:48 AM
47°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 56.0%
- Age
- 7.2 days
- Distance
- 375,500 km
- Apparent size
- 31.8′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 971
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 | 96.82° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 83.07° |
| Illuminated fraction | 56.03% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -24.1° / 69.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 59m / -0.62° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 193.83° / 5.24° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.21° / -6.43° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 88.40° / 0.02° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 293.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.