The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, June 28, 2012
Waxing Gibbous
67.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 34°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:37 PM
1:37 AM
34°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 67.1%
- Age
- 9.0 days
- Distance
- 368,300 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1107
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 | 109.94° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 69.96° |
| Illuminated fraction | 67.13% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -39.4° / 73.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 37m / -13.47° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 207.30° / -3.18° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.16° / 4.32° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 65.95° / -0.83° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 289.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.