The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, June 29, 1940
Waning Crescent
32.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 59°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:03 AM
3:30 PM
59°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 32.3%
- Age
- 23.6 days
- Distance
- 401,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 216
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Jun 29, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 290.83° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 110.69° |
| Illuminated fraction | 32.33% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 37.6° / 248.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 48m / 9.97° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 28.56° / -1.06° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.69° / 1.65° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -113.68° / -1.54° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 68.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.