The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, June 29, 1983
Waning Gibbous
83.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
9:50 AM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 83.9%
- Age
- 18.5 days
- Distance
- 405,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 748
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 | 227.28° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 47.34° |
| Illuminated fraction | 83.88% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -23.4° / 265.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 54m / -17.59° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 324.63° / -4.55° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.08° / 6.14° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -49.40° / 0.37° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 74.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.