The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, June 29, 2020
Waxing Gibbous
65.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 42°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:11 PM
2:10 AM
42°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 65.2%
- Age
- 8.4 days
- Distance
- 369,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1206
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 368,900 km.
Exact values
For Jun 29, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 107.59° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 72.34° |
| Illuminated fraction | 65.17% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -34.4° / 65.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 43m / -5.63° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 205.96° / 4.71° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.91° / -5.71° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 72.37° / 0.25° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 292.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.