The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, June 28, 2015
Waxing Gibbous
86.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 33°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:42 PM
3:29 AM
33°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 86.7%
- Age
- 12.1 days
- Distance
- 390,100 km
- Apparent size
- 30.6′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 1144
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 1.9° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jun 28, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 137.26° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 42.78° |
| Illuminated fraction | 86.70% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -59.4° / 42.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 30m / -15.10° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 233.91° / 3.76° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.23° / -4.59° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 37.14° / -1.56° |
| Position angle of the axis | 15.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 287.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.