The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, June 29, 1948
Last Quarter
49.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 49°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:25 AM
1:41 PM
49°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 49.9%
- Age
- 22.1 days
- Distance
- 399,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Lunation number
- 315
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For Jun 29, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 270.28° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 90.13° |
| Illuminated fraction | 49.88% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 17.7° / 254.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 34m / 0.55° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 8.07° / -2.89° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.65° / 4.07° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -95.06° / 1.30° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 66.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.