The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, June 29, 2018
Waning Gibbous
98.1% 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
10:13 PM
7:20 AM
29°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.1%
- Age
- 15.8 days
- Distance
- 406,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1181
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 406,000 km.
Exact values
For Jun 29, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 195.93° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 15.93° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.08% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -50.3° / 287.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 42m / -20.25° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 293.80° / 1.11° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.58° / -1.21° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -15.99° / -0.77° |
| Position angle of the axis | 348.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 77.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.