The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, June 28, 2023
Waxing Gibbous
72.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 34°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:08 PM
2:17 AM
34°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 72.9%
- Age
- 10.5 days
- Distance
- 386,100 km
- Apparent size
- 30.9′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1243
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Jun 28, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 117.07° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 62.80° |
| Illuminated fraction | 72.86% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -44.7° / 65.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 06m / -12.95° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 213.80° / -0.17° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.44° / 0.51° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 55.75° / 1.40° |
| Position angle of the axis | 18.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 289.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.