The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, June 28, 2052
Waxing Crescent
5.4% 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
8:23 AM
10:32 PM
64°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 5.4%
- Age
- 1.9 days
- Distance
- 369,100 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 1602
Events on this date
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Venus at its brightest
Shines at magnitude -4.7, as bright as it gets this time around.
-
Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 3.8° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jun 28, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 26.39° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 153.18° |
| Illuminated fraction | 5.38% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 38.5° / 104.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 21m / 14.78° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 124.06° / -4.58° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.43° / 6.29° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 159.20° / -1.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 14.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 293.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.