The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, June 16, 1929
Waxing Gibbous
74.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 40°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:01 PM
2:53 AM
40°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 74.4%
- Age
- 9.1 days
- Distance
- 394,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.3′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 80
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Jun 16, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 119.05° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 60.84° |
| Illuminated fraction | 74.36% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -42.9° / 56.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 33m / -7.14° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 204.05° / 2.36° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.22° / -2.67° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 67.37° / 0.91° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 292.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.