The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, June 30, 1946
Waxing Crescent
3.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 73°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
7:29 AM
10:53 PM
73°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 3.3%
- Age
- 1.5 days
- Distance
- 365,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.7′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 291
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 2.9° apart in the sky.
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Mercury, Moon, and Saturn gathered
All within 7.7° of each other in the sky.
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Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 2.9° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jun 30, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 20.67° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 159.04° |
| Illuminated fraction | 3.31% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 47.0° / 98.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 07m / 23.57° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 118.91° / 3.26° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.27° / -4.00° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 163.98° / 0.49° |
| Position angle of the axis | 13.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 274.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.