The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, June 30, 1956
Waning Gibbous
57.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 53°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:23 AM
1:10 PM
53°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 57.2%
- Age
- 21.8 days
- Distance
- 393,200 km
- Apparent size
- 30.4′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 414
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 | 261.86° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 81.75° |
| Illuminated fraction | 57.18% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 12.1° / 265.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 55m / 4.67° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 0.67° / 4.80° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.73° / -5.99° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -88.64° / -0.82° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 65.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.