The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, June 29, 1987
Waxing Crescent
10.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 69°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
8:58 AM
11:41 PM
69°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 10.5%
- Age
- 3.4 days
- Distance
- 405,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 798
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 | 37.47° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 142.26° |
| Illuminated fraction | 10.46% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 31.4° / 89.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 14m / 20.14° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 134.87° / 3.93° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.90° / -4.94° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 139.72° / 1.56° |
| Position angle of the axis | 16.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 282.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.