The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, June 29, 1974
Waxing Gibbous
78.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 29°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
4:57 PM
2:18 AM
29°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 78.7%
- Age
- 9.5 days
- Distance
- 390,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.6′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 637
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 | 125.00° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 54.95° |
| Illuminated fraction | 78.72% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -53.2° / 65.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 36m / -18.61° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 222.53° / -3.17° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.09° / 4.26° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 61.37° / -0.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 285.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.