The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, June 30, 1948
Waning Crescent
40.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 55°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:46 AM
2:42 PM
55°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 40.1%
- Age
- 23.1 days
- Distance
- 395,100 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 315
Events on this date
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Mercury and Venus close together
They pass 1.0° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jun 30, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 281.56° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 101.41° |
| Illuminated fraction | 40.11% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 28.8° / 251.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 18m / 6.15° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 20.30° / -1.93° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.55° / 2.82° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -107.29° / 1.30° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 67.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.