The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, June 29, 2051
Waning Gibbous
68.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 46°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:57 AM
46°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 68.4%
- Age
- 20.9 days
- Distance
- 372,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.1′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1589
Events on this date
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Mercury and Mars close together
They pass 0.2° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jun 29, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 248.54° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 68.45° |
| Illuminated fraction | 68.37% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -0.6° / 267.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 05m / -2.13° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 346.44° / 3.49° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.46° / -4.26° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -71.01° / -1.42° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 66.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.