The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, June 28, 2098
New Moon
0.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 78°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
5:07 AM
9:20 PM
78°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.4%
- Age
- 28.9 days
- Distance
- 362,000 km
- Apparent size
- 33.0′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 2170
Events on this date
-
Venus and Jupiter close together
They pass 0.9° apart in the sky.
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New Moon
The Moon passes between Earth and the Sun and cannot be seen. These are the darkest nights of the month.
Exact values
For Jun 28, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 354.10° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 172.42° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.44% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 71.0° / 123.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 07m / 28.16° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 91.66° / 4.74° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.20° / -5.96° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -177.49° / 1.47° |
| Position angle of the axis | 1.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 129.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.