The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, June 29, 2005
Waning Crescent
40.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 56°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:37 AM
2:43 PM
56°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 40.4%
- Age
- 22.8 days
- Distance
- 381,600 km
- Apparent size
- 31.3′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1020
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 | 281.20° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 101.06° |
| Illuminated fraction | 40.40% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 29.0° / 253.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 11m / 7.50° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 19.21° / -0.02° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.05° / 0.28° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -94.24° / 1.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 67.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.