The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, June 29, 2178
Full Moon
99.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 25°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
8:56 PM
5:35 AM
25°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.8%
- Age
- 13.7 days
- Distance
- 396,600 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 3160
Events on this date
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Mercury at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
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Partial lunar eclipse
Part of the Moon passes through Earth's dark inner shadow. It starts at 8:04 PM, is deepest at 9:42 PM and ends at 11:19 PM. Partly visible from Columbus: the Moon is below the horizon for some of it.
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Full Moon
The whole disc is lit. The Moon rises around sunset and stays up all night.
Exact values
For Jun 29, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 175.34° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 4.64° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.84% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -67.1° / 310.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 16m / -23.33° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 273.56° / 0.04° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.95° / 0.19° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 8.82° / -0.17° |
| Position angle of the axis | 0.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 265.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.