The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, June 30, 1957
Waxing Crescent
11.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 60°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:25 AM
11:02 PM
60°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 11.0%
- Age
- 2.8 days
- Distance
- 364,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.8′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 427
Events on this date
-
Mars and Uranus close together
They pass 0.6° apart in the sky.
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 363,900 km.
Exact values
For Jun 30, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 38.32° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 141.31° |
| Illuminated fraction | 10.97% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 27.2° / 99.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 11m / 10.90° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 136.89° / -5.11° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.75° / 6.96° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 141.51° / -1.16° |
| Position angle of the axis | 17.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 294.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.