The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, June 28, 2002
Waning Gibbous
85.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 29°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
9:36 AM
29°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 85.3%
- Age
- 17.7 days
- Distance
- 396,500 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 983
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 | 225.00° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 45.09° |
| Illuminated fraction | 85.30% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -25.7° / 266.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 43m / -18.71° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 321.78° / -4.72° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.05° / 6.38° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -41.00° / 0.57° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 76.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.