The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, June 30, 1940
Waning Crescent
23.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 62°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:35 AM
4:27 PM
62°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 23.6%
- Age
- 24.6 days
- Distance
- 397,800 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 216
Events on this date
-
Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 0.8° apart in the sky.
-
Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 0.1° apart in the sky.
-
Jupiter, Moon, and Saturn gathered
All within 3.0° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For Jun 30, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 301.99° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 121.84° |
| Illuminated fraction | 23.62% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 47.5° / 240.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 36m / 13.06° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 40.67° / -2.08° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.66° / 2.99° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -125.92° / -1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 70.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.