The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, June 29, 1990
First Quarter
47.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 42°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:37 PM
12:41 AM
42°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 47.6%
- Age
- 6.9 days
- Distance
- 396,400 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 835
Events on this date
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Uranus at opposition
Opposite the Sun in the sky: up all night and at its brightest for the year.
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First Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon is high at sunset and sets around midnight.
Exact values
For Jun 29, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 87.10° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 92.74° |
| Illuminated fraction | 47.61% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -18.0° / 82.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 10m / -5.91° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 184.76° / -4.38° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.61° / 5.95° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 98.61° / 0.81° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 293.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.