The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, June 30, 1971
First Quarter
49.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 41°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:46 PM
12:47 AM
41°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 49.3%
- Age
- 7.8 days
- Distance
- 404,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 600
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 404,200 km.
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First Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon is high at sunset and sets around midnight.
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 4.9° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jun 30, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 89.00° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 90.84° |
| Illuminated fraction | 49.26% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -19.8° / 82.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 20m / -6.63° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 187.22° / -4.10° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.07° / 5.58° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 90.19° / 0.98° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 293.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.