The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, June 28, 2120
Waxing Crescent
6.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
8:25 AM
11:00 PM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 6.5%
- Age
- 2.7 days
- Distance
- 405,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 2443
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 406,000 km.
Exact values
For Jun 28, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 29.50° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 150.42° |
| Illuminated fraction | 6.52% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 37.8° / 96.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 37m / 19.12° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 126.76° / 0.57° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.03° / -0.51° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 149.79° / 0.95° |
| Position angle of the axis | 13.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 284.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.