The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, June 28, 2018
Full Moon
99.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 29°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
9:29 PM
6:31 AM
29°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.8%
- Age
- 14.8 days
- Distance
- 405,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1181
Events on this date
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Full Moon
The whole disc is lit. The Moon rises around sunset and stays up all night.
Exact values
For Jun 28, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 185.06° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 5.47° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.77% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -58.9° / 299.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 51m / -20.77° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 281.97° / 2.13° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.94° / -2.52° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -3.80° / -0.80° |
| Position angle of the axis | 353.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 63.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.