The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, June 28, 2167
Waxing Gibbous
86.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 34°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:41 PM
3:39 AM
34°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 86.9%
- Age
- 11.4 days
- Distance
- 405,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 3024
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 405,600 km.
Exact values
For Jun 28, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 137.64° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 42.49° |
| Illuminated fraction | 86.87% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -58.9° / 40.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 34m / -14.14° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 234.56° / 4.90° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.48° / -6.06° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 43.38° / -0.77° |
| Position angle of the axis | 13.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 288.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.