The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, June 28, 2024
Last Quarter
52.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 49°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:06 AM
1:26 PM
49°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 52.9%
- Age
- 22.1 days
- Distance
- 369,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1255
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 0.3° apart in the sky.
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For Jun 28, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 266.76° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 86.62° |
| Illuminated fraction | 52.94% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 14.9° / 257.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 16m / 1.08° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 4.20° / -0.64° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.07° / 1.15° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -85.82° / 1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 66.7° |
| 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.