The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, June 29, 1956
Waning Gibbous
66.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 48°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:10 PM
48°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 66.8%
- Age
- 20.8 days
- Distance
- 397,700 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 414
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 | 250.41° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 70.35° |
| Illuminated fraction | 66.82% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 1.4° / 268.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 09m / 0.08° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 348.26° / 5.13° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.00° / -6.40° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -76.43° / -0.81° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 65.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.