The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, June 28, 2017
Waxing Crescent
26.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 58°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:14 AM
12:00 AM
58°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 26.3%
- Age
- 4.6 days
- Distance
- 378,800 km
- Apparent size
- 31.5′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 1169
Events on this date
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Mercury and Mars close together
They pass 0.8° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jun 28, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 61.53° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 118.34° |
| Illuminated fraction | 26.27% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 7.6° / 84.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 43m / 9.42° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 158.68° / 1.20° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 8.22° / -1.29° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 125.68° / -1.15° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 291.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.