The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, June 30, 1955
Waxing Gibbous
82.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 28°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
5:25 PM
2:33 AM
28°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 82.4%
- Age
- 10.5 days
- Distance
- 404,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 402
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Jun 30, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 130.30° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 49.66° |
| Illuminated fraction | 82.36% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -58.1° / 61.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 00m / -20.44° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 228.39° / -3.26° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.87° / 4.42° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 52.94° / -0.32° |
| Position angle of the axis | 17.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 283.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.