The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, June 28, 2007
Waxing Gibbous
96.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
7:58 PM
3:56 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 96.1%
- Age
- 13.5 days
- Distance
- 396,400 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 1045
Events on this date
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Mercury at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Jun 28, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 157.60° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 22.88° |
| Illuminated fraction | 96.07% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -77.6° / 4.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 49m / -27.50° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 254.19° / -5.03° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.73° / 6.79° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 18.57° / 1.43° |
| Position angle of the axis | 7.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 264.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.