The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, June 28, 2020
First Quarter
53.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 48°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:00 PM
1:41 AM
48°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 53.8%
- Age
- 7.4 days
- Distance
- 369,600 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1206
Events on this date
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First Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon is high at sunset and sets around midnight.
Exact values
For Jun 28, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 94.28° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 85.60° |
| Illuminated fraction | 53.84% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -21.8° / 70.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 51m / 0.12° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 191.69° / 5.15° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.10° / -6.30° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 84.58° / 0.21° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 293.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.