The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, June 29, 1943
Waning Crescent
7.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 66°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:12 AM
6:31 PM
66°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 7.8%
- Age
- 26.7 days
- Distance
- 397,200 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 253
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 4.7° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jun 29, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 327.92° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 147.50° |
| Illuminated fraction | 7.83% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 64.4° / 202.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 16m / 16.30° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 64.95° / -4.90° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.12° / 6.74° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -142.58° / -0.99° |
| Position angle of the axis | 350.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 71.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.