The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, June 29, 2012
Waxing Gibbous
77.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:48 PM
2:15 AM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 77.6%
- Age
- 10.0 days
- Distance
- 365,300 km
- Apparent size
- 32.7′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 1107
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 | 123.38° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 56.53° |
| Illuminated fraction | 77.58% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -51.5° / 65.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 34m / -17.28° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 221.69° / -2.05° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.12° / 2.85° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 53.75° / -0.86° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 286.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.