The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, June 30, 1916
New Moon
0.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 74°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
5:02 AM
8:31 PM
74°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.1%
- Age
- 0.3 days
- Distance
- 406,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- -80
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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New Moon
The Moon passes between Earth and the Sun and cannot be seen. These are the darkest nights of the month.
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Moon, Saturn, and Venus gathered
All within 5.9° of each other in the sky.
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Moon and Venus close together
They pass 4.5° apart in the sky.
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 406,500 km.
Exact values
For Jun 30, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 2.83° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 176.74° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.08% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 71.3° / 143.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 50m / 24.55° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 101.37° / 1.59° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.60° / -1.86° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 177.55° / 0.58° |
| Position angle of the axis | 3.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 250.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.