The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, June 30, 1987
Waxing Crescent
16.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 64°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
10:01 AM
64°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 16.9%
- Age
- 4.4 days
- Distance
- 403,800 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 798
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 | 48.39° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 131.41° |
| Illuminated fraction | 16.93% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 20.6° / 87.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 00m / 15.62° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 146.74° / 3.21° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.13° / -3.98° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 127.48° / 1.56° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 287.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.