The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, June 28, 2069
Waxing Gibbous
70.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 35°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:50 PM
1:59 AM
35°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 70.1%
- Age
- 9.6 days
- Distance
- 404,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1812
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 404,400 km.
Exact values
For Jun 28, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 113.52° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 66.35° |
| Illuminated fraction | 70.06% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -41.9° / 69.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 54m / -12.79° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 211.09° / -1.01° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.08° / 1.51° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 66.76° / -1.29° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 289.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.