The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, June 28, 2059
Waning Gibbous
88.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 27°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
11:59 PM
9:01 AM
27°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 88.7%
- Age
- 18.4 days
- Distance
- 366,200 km
- Apparent size
- 32.6′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 1688
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 366,100 km.
Exact values
For Jun 28, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 219.08° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 39.27° |
| Illuminated fraction | 88.71% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -31.4° / 267.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 21m / -20.85° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 316.09° / -5.08° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.03° / 6.82° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -40.20° / 1.03° |
| Position angle of the axis | 342.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 79.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.