The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, June 29, 1955
Waxing Gibbous
74.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:27 PM
2:00 AM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 74.5%
- Age
- 9.5 days
- Distance
- 402,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 402
Events on this date
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Mercury and Venus close together
They pass 3.8° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jun 29, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 119.34° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 60.61° |
| Illuminated fraction | 74.54% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -48.3° / 69.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 11m / -17.50° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 216.48° / -4.05° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.27° / 5.44° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 65.15° / -0.30° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 287.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.