The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, June 29, 1961
Waning Gibbous
98.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
10:09 PM
7:23 AM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.0%
- Age
- 16.4 days
- Distance
- 360,600 km
- Apparent size
- 33.1′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 476
Events on this date
-
Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 2.7° apart in the sky.
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 360,500 km.
Exact values
For Jun 29, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 195.93° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 16.15° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.03% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -49.6° / 289.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 40m / -18.50° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 293.58° / 2.92° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.42° / -3.51° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -16.81° / -1.21° |
| Position angle of the axis | 349.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 71.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.