The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, June 28, 2040
Waning Gibbous
79.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:04 AM
10:25 AM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 79.2%
- Age
- 18.9 days
- Distance
- 366,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.6′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 1453
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 | 234.28° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 54.33° |
| Illuminated fraction | 79.15% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -16.9° / 263.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 23m / -15.66° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 331.84° / -5.20° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.68° / 6.98° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -48.59° / 0.91° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 72.8° |
| 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.