The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, June 28, 2063
Waxing Crescent
7.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 69°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
8:24 AM
11:16 PM
69°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 7.1%
- Age
- 2.2 days
- Distance
- 362,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.9′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 1738
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.
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 362,800 km.
Exact values
For Jun 28, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 30.73° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 149.12° |
| Illuminated fraction | 7.09% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 37.3° / 94.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 43m / 20.63° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 127.77° / 2.38° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.59° / -2.85° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 148.98° / 1.32° |
| Position angle of the axis | 14.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 281.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.