The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, June 29, 1929
Last Quarter
55.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 45°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:14 AM
1:06 PM
45°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 55.3%
- Age
- 22.1 days
- Distance
- 387,100 km
- Apparent size
- 30.9′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 80
Events on this date
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Venus at greatest elongation
46° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For Jun 29, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 264.03° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 83.89° |
| Illuminated fraction | 55.32% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 11.3° / 255.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 11m / -2.98° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 1.42° / -3.87° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -8.15° / 5.34° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -91.26° / 1.16° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 67.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.