The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, June 28, 2005
Last Quarter
51.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 49°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:14 AM
1:35 PM
49°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 51.2%
- Age
- 21.8 days
- Distance
- 376,600 km
- Apparent size
- 31.7′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1020
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
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Moon and Mars close together
They pass 1.8° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jun 28, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 268.74° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 88.60° |
| Illuminated fraction | 51.23% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 16.6° / 256.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 23m / 1.20° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 5.78° / -1.20° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.75° / 1.83° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -82.02° / 1.50° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 66.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.