The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, June 30, 1961
Waning Gibbous
93.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:59 PM
8:32 AM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 93.3%
- Age
- 17.4 days
- Distance
- 360,800 km
- Apparent size
- 33.1′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 476
Events on this date
-
Jupiter, Moon, and Saturn gathered
All within 7.3° of each other in the sky.
-
Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 2.6° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jun 30, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 209.92° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 29.90° |
| Illuminated fraction | 93.35% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -37.5° / 279.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 42m / -16.46° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 308.53° / 1.73° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.15° / -1.99° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -29.01° / -1.18° |
| Position angle of the axis | 343.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 72.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.