The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, June 28, 2016
Waning Crescent
39.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 54°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:48 AM
2:41 PM
54°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 39.8%
- Age
- 23.5 days
- Distance
- 369,100 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1156
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 2.6° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jun 28, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 281.89° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 101.73° |
| Illuminated fraction | 39.83% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 28.5° / 250.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 15m / 4.91° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 19.26° / -2.84° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.60° / 3.96° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -104.45° / -1.40° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 67.2° |
| 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.