The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, June 29, 2120
Waxing Crescent
11.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 64°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:26 AM
11:25 PM
64°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 11.9%
- Age
- 3.7 days
- Distance
- 405,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 2443
Events on this date
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Mercury at greatest elongation
22° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.
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Jupiter behind the Sun
On the far side of the Sun and lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Jun 29, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 40.32° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 139.58° |
| Illuminated fraction | 11.93% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 27.1° / 93.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 23m / 14.79° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 138.53° / -0.50° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.32° / 0.89° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 137.54° / 0.94° |
| Position angle of the axis | 16.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 289.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.