The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, June 29, 1928
Waxing Gibbous
89.3% 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
6:14 PM
3:33 AM
29°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 89.3%
- Age
- 11.8 days
- Distance
- 404,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 68
Events on this date
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Mercury at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
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Mercury and Venus close together
They pass 4.9° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jun 29, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 141.77° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 38.15° |
| Illuminated fraction | 89.32% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -64.7° / 40.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 50m / -19.14° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 239.40° / 0.91° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.29° / -0.87° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 38.12° / 0.76° |
| Position angle of the axis | 10.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 283.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.