The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, June 28, 2053
Waxing Gibbous
94.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:58 PM
4:30 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 94.6%
- Age
- 12.2 days
- Distance
- 404,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 1614
Events on this date
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Mercury at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Jun 28, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 153.51° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 26.84° |
| Illuminated fraction | 94.61% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -67.1° / 10.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 40m / -17.16° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 250.95° / 4.96° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.24° / -6.19° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 29.58° / -1.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 8.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 287.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.