The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, June 30, 1974
Waxing Gibbous
86.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 27°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
5:58 PM
2:56 AM
27°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 86.4%
- Age
- 10.5 days
- Distance
- 393,900 km
- Apparent size
- 30.3′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 637
Events on this date
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Saturn behind the Sun
On the far side of the Sun and lost in its glare.
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Mercury at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Jun 30, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 136.66° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 43.28° |
| Illuminated fraction | 86.40% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -63.0° / 53.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 29m / -21.16° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 235.15° / -2.17° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.35° / 2.98° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 49.16° / -0.54° |
| Position angle of the axis | 15.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 281.4° |
| 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.