The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, June 30, 1972
Waning Gibbous
84.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 37°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:31 PM
9:58 AM
37°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 84.8%
- Age
- 19.2 days
- Distance
- 383,400 km
- Apparent size
- 31.2′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 612
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 | 225.92° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 45.87° |
| Illuminated fraction | 84.81% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -22.3° / 274.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 45m / -10.84° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 324.86° / 2.54° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.49° / -2.92° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -51.41° / 0.49° |
| Position angle of the axis | 342.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 68.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.