The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, June 29, 1905
Waning Crescent
9.8% 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
2:57 AM
5:09 PM
65°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 9.8%
- Age
- 26.5 days
- Distance
- 396,700 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- -217
Events on this date
-
Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 4.2° apart in the sky.
-
Jupiter, Moon, and Venus gathered
All within 5.0° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For Jun 29, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 323.99° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 143.59° |
| Illuminated fraction | 9.76% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 54.3° / 234.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 01m / 15.43° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 61.24° / -5.09° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.22° / 6.99° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -147.70° / -1.29° |
| Position angle of the axis | 348.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 71.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.