The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, June 29, 1999
Waning Gibbous
99.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 29°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
9:41 PM
6:48 AM
29°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.4%
- Age
- 15.9 days
- Distance
- 400,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 946
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 | 188.56° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 8.85° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.40% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -55.9° / 295.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 08m / -20.12° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 286.04° / 2.38° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.04° / -2.87° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -12.22° / -0.97° |
| Position angle of the axis | 352.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 69.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.