The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, June 29, 1938
Waxing Crescent
5.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 64°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:17 AM
10:27 PM
64°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 5.0%
- Age
- 1.8 days
- Distance
- 359,800 km
- Apparent size
- 33.2′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 192
Events on this date
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Mercury and Mars close together
They pass 0.8° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jun 29, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 25.43° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 154.10° |
| Illuminated fraction | 5.02% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 39.3° / 105.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 15m / 14.95° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 122.67° / -4.74° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.72° / 6.50° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 157.57° / -1.01° |
| Position angle of the axis | 12.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 293.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.