The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, June 29, 1901
Waxing Gibbous
94.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 29°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
6:09 PM
3:13 AM
29°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 94.9%
- Age
- 13.1 days
- Distance
- 399,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- -266
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 2.0° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jun 29, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 153.96° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 26.03° |
| Illuminated fraction | 94.93% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -64.7° / 45.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 39m / -20.44° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 251.18° / 1.71° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.93° / -1.97° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 22.81° / -1.13° |
| Position angle of the axis | 9.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 280.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.