The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, June 30, 1920
Waxing Gibbous
99.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 29°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
8:27 PM
5:38 AM
29°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.5%
- Age
- 14.1 days
- Distance
- 406,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- -31
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 406,300 km.
Exact values
For Jun 30, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 172.42° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 8.41° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.46% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -65.9° / 322.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 04m / -19.74° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 270.94° / 3.70° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.46° / -4.56° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 7.34° / -1.31° |
| Position angle of the axis | 0.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 293.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.