The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, June 23, 1929
Waning Gibbous
97.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 22°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
10:45 PM
6:56 AM
22°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 97.9%
- Age
- 16.1 days
- Distance
- 405,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 80
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Jun 23, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 196.22° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 16.73° |
| Illuminated fraction | 97.88% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -53.3° / 278.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 20m / -26.55° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 287.90° / -4.33° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.39° / 5.89° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -18.02° / 1.08° |
| Position angle of the axis | 351.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 98.1° |
| 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.