The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, June 29, 1981
Waning Crescent
6.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 67°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
4:16 AM
6:51 PM
67°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 6.6%
- Age
- 27.2 days
- Distance
- 362,300 km
- Apparent size
- 33.0′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 723
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 362,300 km.
Exact values
For Jun 29, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 330.63° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 150.29° |
| Illuminated fraction | 6.57% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 66.3° / 197.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 30m / 17.56° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 68.44° / -4.20° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.27° / 5.80° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -150.21° / -0.62° |
| Position angle of the axis | 352.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 73.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.