The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, June 29, 1977
Waxing Gibbous
96.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
7:32 PM
4:42 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 96.6%
- Age
- 12.9 days
- Distance
- 359,300 km
- Apparent size
- 33.3′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 674
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 2.5° apart in the sky.
-
Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 359,200 km.
-
Mercury behind the Sun
On the far side of the Sun and lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Jun 29, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 159.10° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 21.24° |
| Illuminated fraction | 96.60% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -68.9° / 355.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 05m / -18.65° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 256.89° / 4.16° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.53° / -5.06° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 20.36° / -1.49° |
| Position angle of the axis | 6.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 285.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.