The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, June 29, 1946
New Moon
0.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 75°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
6:21 AM
10:00 PM
75°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.4%
- Age
- 0.5 days
- Distance
- 361,800 km
- Apparent size
- 33.0′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 291
Events on this date
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New Moon
The Moon passes between Earth and the Sun and cannot be seen. These are the darkest nights of the month.
Exact values
For Jun 29, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 6.91° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 172.76° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.40% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 59.1° / 110.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 03m / 24.78° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 104.20° / 2.10° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.56° / -2.49° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 176.24° / 0.47° |
| Position angle of the axis | 7.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 262.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.