The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, June 28, 2021
Waning Gibbous
80.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
10:12 AM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 80.9%
- Age
- 18.2 days
- Distance
- 380,000 km
- Apparent size
- 31.4′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 1218
Events on this date
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Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 4.2° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jun 28, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 231.79° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 51.86° |
| Illuminated fraction | 80.88% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -19.3° / 263.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 12m / -16.63° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 328.96° / -5.13° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.00° / 6.91° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -44.79° / 0.76° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 73.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.