The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, June 29, 1944
Waxing Gibbous
59.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 46°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:30 PM
1:57 AM
46°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 59.1%
- Age
- 9.0 days
- Distance
- 400,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 266
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 | 100.42° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 79.47° |
| Illuminated fraction | 59.13% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -27.5° / 68.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 15m / -2.33° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 198.17° / 5.18° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.36° / -6.43° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 75.35° / -0.58° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 293.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.