The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, June 29, 1947
Waxing Gibbous
87.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 29°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
5:58 PM
3:21 AM
29°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 87.5%
- Age
- 10.8 days
- Distance
- 399,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 303
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 | 138.51° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 41.39° |
| Illuminated fraction | 87.51% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -62.5° / 45.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 34m / -18.57° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 235.58° / 0.61° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.50° / -0.44° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 46.55° / 0.94° |
| Position angle of the axis | 12.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 284.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.