The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, June 29, 1919
Waxing Crescent
4.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 65°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:09 AM
10:23 PM
65°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 4.5%
- Age
- 1.8 days
- Distance
- 372,400 km
- Apparent size
- 32.1′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- -43
Events on this date
-
Jupiter, Mercury, and Moon gathered
All within 5.9° of each other in the sky.
-
Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 4.6° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jun 29, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 24.10° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 155.47° |
| Illuminated fraction | 4.51% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 40.8° / 105.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 09m / 15.67° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 120.94° / -4.39° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.12° / 6.06° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 161.37° / -0.88° |
| Position angle of the axis | 11.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 292.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.