The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, June 28, 2171
Waning Crescent
19.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 65°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:50 AM
4:59 PM
65°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 19.7%
- Age
- 24.9 days
- Distance
- 404,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 3073
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Jun 28, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 307.46° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 127.34° |
| Illuminated fraction | 19.68% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 52.8° / 237.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 48m / 15.68° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 44.41° / -0.49° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.20° / 0.88° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -127.11° / 1.18° |
| Position angle of the axis | 344.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 72.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.