The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, June 29, 2016
Waning Crescent
28.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 58°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:24 AM
3:50 PM
58°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 28.8%
- Age
- 24.5 days
- Distance
- 367,300 km
- Apparent size
- 32.5′
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Lunation number
- 1156
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 | 295.23° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 115.05° |
| Illuminated fraction | 28.83% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 40.5° / 242.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 11m / 9.13° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 33.56° / -3.79° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.34° / 5.23° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -116.68° / -1.39° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 68.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.