The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, June 29, 2061
Waxing Gibbous
90.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 24°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
6:46 PM
3:18 AM
24°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 90.8%
- Age
- 11.9 days
- Distance
- 405,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 1713
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 405,700 km.
Exact values
For Jun 29, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 144.68° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 35.39° |
| Illuminated fraction | 90.76% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -70.1° / 43.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 01m / -24.37° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 243.13° / -3.66° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.88° / 5.03° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 35.96° / 1.57° |
| Position angle of the axis | 10.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 275.8° |
| 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.