The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, June 28, 2044
Waxing Crescent
14.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 64°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:46 AM
11:52 PM
64°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 14.9%
- Age
- 3.2 days
- Distance
- 366,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.6′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 1503
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 1.3° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jun 28, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 45.33° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 134.55° |
| Illuminated fraction | 14.92% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 23.1° / 89.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 43m / 15.54° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 142.93° / 1.76° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.87° / -2.00° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 140.54° / 1.39° |
| Position angle of the axis | 18.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 288.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.