The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, June 22, 2029
Waxing Gibbous
84.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 28°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
5:42 PM
2:44 AM
28°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 84.5%
- Age
- 10.5 days
- Distance
- 366,600 km
- Apparent size
- 32.6′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 1317
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 366,600 km.
Exact values
For Jun 22, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 133.64° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 46.39° |
| Illuminated fraction | 84.49% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -60.1° / 57.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 46m / -20.22° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 225.17° / -4.02° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.24° / 5.40° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 46.98° / 0.09° |
| Position angle of the axis | 18.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 283.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.