The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, June 28, 2183
Waxing Gibbous
55.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 44°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:14 PM
1:30 AM
44°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 55.5%
- Age
- 8.5 days
- Distance
- 402,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 3222
Events on this date
-
Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 0.3° apart in the sky.
-
Venus at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Jun 28, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 96.15° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 83.70° |
| Illuminated fraction | 55.49% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -24.8° / 73.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 51m / -3.80° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 193.21° / 1.53° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.37° / -1.72° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 80.58° / -1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 292.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.