The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, June 29, 1920
Waxing Gibbous
97.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
7:42 PM
4:50 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 97.4%
- Age
- 13.1 days
- Distance
- 406,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- -31
Events on this date
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Mercury at greatest elongation
26° from the Sun in the evening sky, its best showing after sunset.
Exact values
For Jun 29, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 161.54° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 18.63° |
| Illuminated fraction | 97.38% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -70.0° / 349.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 14m / -20.10° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 259.11° / 2.91° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.05° / -3.54° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 19.54° / -1.29° |
| Position angle of the axis | 5.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 282.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.