The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, June 30, 1970
Waning Crescent
8.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 76°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
3:12 AM
6:56 PM
76°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 8.9%
- Age
- 26.6 days
- Distance
- 390,600 km
- Apparent size
- 30.6′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 587
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 | 325.63° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 145.22° |
| Illuminated fraction | 8.93% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 71.3° / 224.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 04m / 25.96° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 64.07° / 5.09° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.35° / -6.44° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -139.97° / 1.28° |
| Position angle of the axis | 348.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 85.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.