The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, June 28, 1960
Waxing Crescent
17.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 60°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:16 AM
11:50 PM
60°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 17.7%
- Age
- 4.5 days
- Distance
- 400,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 464
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 | 49.59° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 130.27° |
| Illuminated fraction | 17.68% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 18.1° / 91.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 52m / 10.93° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 146.52° / -1.85° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.55° / 2.74° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 124.87° / -1.49° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 291.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.