The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, June 30, 1954
New Moon
0.0% 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
6:03 AM
9:26 PM
73°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.0%
- Age
- 0.1 days
- Distance
- 372,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.1′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 390
Events on this date
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New Moon
The Moon passes between Earth and the Sun and cannot be seen. These are the darkest nights of the month.
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Total solar eclipse
The Moon covers the Sun completely along a narrow track across Earth. From Columbus, 77% of the Sun is covered at 6:59 AM.
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Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 0.6° apart in the sky.
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Jupiter behind the Sun
On the far side of the Sun and lost in its glare.
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Mercury, Moon, and Uranus gathered
All within 7.2° of each other in the sky.
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Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 3.6° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jun 30, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 1.95° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 178.01° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.03% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 62.1° / 119.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 45m / 23.46° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 100.26° / 0.41° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.99° / -0.22° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -177.33° / 0.15° |
| Position angle of the axis | 3.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 271.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.