The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, June 29, 1970
Waning Crescent
15.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 72°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
2:37 AM
5:49 PM
72°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 15.7%
- Age
- 25.6 days
- Distance
- 387,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.9′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 587
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 | 313.66° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 133.35° |
| Illuminated fraction | 15.68% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 61.0° / 241.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 09m / 22.82° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 51.15° / 4.95° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.38° / -6.24° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -127.72° / 1.29° |
| Position angle of the axis | 344.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 78.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.