The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, June 28, 2055
Waxing Crescent
16.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 63°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
9:57 AM
63°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 16.1%
- Age
- 3.7 days
- Distance
- 370,300 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 1639
Events on this date
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Moon and Mars close together
They pass 0.2° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jun 28, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 47.22° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 132.67° |
| Illuminated fraction | 16.11% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 21.2° / 89.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 48m / 14.62° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 144.19° / 1.24° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.51° / -1.29° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 130.33° / -0.89° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 288.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.