The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, June 28, 2014
Waxing Crescent
1.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 66°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:27 AM
9:48 PM
66°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 1.8%
- Age
- 1.3 days
- Distance
- 404,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 1132
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 | 14.77° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 164.38° |
| Illuminated fraction | 1.85% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 48.5° / 113.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 30m / 16.74° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 111.66° / -5.01° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.14° / 6.91° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 166.82° / -1.49° |
| Position angle of the axis | 8.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 297.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.