The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, June 29, 2008
Waning Crescent
16.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 72°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
2:27 AM
5:43 PM
72°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 16.9%
- Age
- 25.9 days
- Distance
- 363,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.9′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 1057
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 | 311.80° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 131.49° |
| Illuminated fraction | 16.88% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 59.6° / 243.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 05m / 22.72° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 50.07° / 5.16° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.11° / -6.45° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -135.34° / 1.01° |
| Position angle of the axis | 343.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 78.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.