The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, June 29, 1984
Waxing Crescent
0.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 76°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
6:17 AM
10:04 PM
76°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.4%
- Age
- 0.5 days
- Distance
- 372,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.0′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 761
Events on this date
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Moon and Venus close together
They pass 2.3° apart in the sky.
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Mercury, Moon, and Venus gathered
All within 4.0° of each other in the sky.
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Jupiter at opposition
Opposite the Sun in the sky: up all night and at its brightest for the year.
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Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 1.6° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jun 29, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 6.87° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 172.38° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.44% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 59.6° / 108.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 06m / 25.83° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 104.95° / 3.25° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.11° / -3.98° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 168.62° / 0.81° |
| Position angle of the axis | 7.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 254.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.