The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, June 28, 2096
Waxing Gibbous
60.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 43°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:43 PM
1:55 AM
43°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 60.7%
- Age
- 8.3 days
- Distance
- 402,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2146
Events on this date
-
Mercury and Mars close together
They pass 0.8° apart in the sky.
-
Mars, Mercury, and Venus gathered
All within 2.5° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For Jun 28, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 102.25° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 77.63° |
| Illuminated fraction | 60.71% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -30.0° / 69.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 20m / -4.82° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 200.26° / 3.34° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.79° / -4.00° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 81.57° / 0.98° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 292.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.