The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, June 29, 1980
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
10:11 PM
7:24 AM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.0%
- Age
- 16.8 days
- Distance
- 377,500 km
- Apparent size
- 31.6′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 711
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 | 196.21° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 16.33° |
| Illuminated fraction | 97.98% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -49.6° / 288.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 43m / -18.99° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 294.25° / 2.31° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.93° / -2.76° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -20.62° / -1.10° |
| Position angle of the axis | 348.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 73.1° |
| 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.