The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, June 29, 1969
Full Moon
99.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 21°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
9:37 PM
5:18 AM
21°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.8%
- Age
- 14.7 days
- Distance
- 357,100 km
- Apparent size
- 33.5′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 575
Events on this date
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Full Moon
The whole disc is lit. The Moon rises around sunset and stays up all night.
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 357,000 km.
Exact values
For Jun 29, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 177.56° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 5.48° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.77% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -69.1° / 297.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 24m / -28.26° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 275.28° / -4.93° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.93° / 6.63° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 1.77° / 1.49° |
| Position angle of the axis | 358.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 205.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.