The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, June 30, 1949
Waxing Crescent
21.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 62°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
10:33 AM
62°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 21.3%
- Age
- 4.2 days
- Distance
- 371,100 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 328
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 2.2° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jun 30, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 54.76° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 125.04° |
| Illuminated fraction | 21.29% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 14.6° / 84.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 26m / 13.86° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 153.27° / 3.81° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.29° / -4.67° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 122.84° / 1.47° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 289.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.