The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, June 28, 2126
Waxing Gibbous
59.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 41°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:39 PM
1:28 AM
41°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 59.0%
- Age
- 7.8 days
- Distance
- 369,600 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2517
Events on this date
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Mars behind the Sun
On the far side of the Sun and lost in its glare.
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 369,600 km.
Exact values
For Jun 28, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 100.25° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 79.61° |
| Illuminated fraction | 59.01% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -29.2° / 73.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 03m / -6.88° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 197.09° / -0.19° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.02° / 0.49° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 79.80° / -1.48° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 292.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.