The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, June 29, 1991
Waning Gibbous
94.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
10:45 PM
8:20 AM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 94.3%
- Age
- 17.2 days
- Distance
- 404,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 847
Events on this date
-
Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 1.9° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jun 29, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 207.63° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 27.59° |
| Illuminated fraction | 94.31% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -39.8° / 280.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 28m / -17.58° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 305.05° / 1.47° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.92° / -1.58° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -30.80° / 0.34° |
| Position angle of the axis | 347.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 74.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.