The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, June 28, 2042
Waxing Gibbous
78.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:52 PM
2:31 AM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 78.6%
- Age
- 10.8 days
- Distance
- 400,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 1478
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 | 124.85° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 55.04° |
| Illuminated fraction | 78.65% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -52.3° / 62.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 36m / -16.89° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 221.96° / -1.55° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.62° / 2.29° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 51.95° / 1.50° |
| Position angle of the axis | 16.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 286.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.