The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, June 28, 2009
Waxing Crescent
41.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 45°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:59 PM
12:24 AM
45°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 41.3%
- Age
- 5.9 days
- Distance
- 377,400 km
- Apparent size
- 31.6′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1070
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 | 79.85° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 99.98° |
| Illuminated fraction | 41.34% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -11.0° / 84.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 42m / -2.81° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 176.94° / -4.39° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.86° / 5.94° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 107.04° / 0.63° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 294.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.