The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, June 29, 2079
Waxing Crescent
0.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 77°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
6:17 AM
10:19 PM
77°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.7%
- Age
- 0.6 days
- Distance
- 359,700 km
- Apparent size
- 33.2′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 1936
Events on this date
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Moon and Mars close together
They pass 3.9° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jun 29, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 8.57° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 170.10° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.74% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 58.8° / 103.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 15m / 27.28° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 106.69° / 4.93° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.12° / -6.20° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 174.07° / 1.42° |
| Position angle of the axis | 7.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 250.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.