The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, June 30, 1918
Waning Gibbous
58.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 53°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:19 AM
1:04 PM
53°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 58.1%
- Age
- 21.7 days
- Distance
- 369,600 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- -56
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 369,600 km.
Exact values
For Jun 30, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 260.74° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 80.64° |
| Illuminated fraction | 58.13% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 11.0° / 265.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 47m / 4.30° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 358.77° / 5.23° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.35° / -6.45° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -81.04° / -0.44° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 65.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.