The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, June 30, 1908
Waxing Crescent
3.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 72°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
6:41 AM
9:48 PM
72°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 3.8%
- Age
- 2.0 days
- Distance
- 403,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- -179
Events on this date
-
Moon and Mars close together
They pass 0.7° apart in the sky.
-
Mercury, Neptune, and Venus gathered
All within 3.2° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For Jun 30, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 22.42° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 157.41° |
| Illuminated fraction | 3.84% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 56.2° / 112.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 15m / 22.22° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 120.88° / 2.30° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.73° / -2.79° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 158.86° / 0.11° |
| Position angle of the axis | 14.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 278.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.