The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, June 30, 1997
Waning Crescent
17.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 63°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:08 AM
5:06 PM
63°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 17.9%
- Age
- 25.4 days
- Distance
- 380,000 km
- Apparent size
- 31.4′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 921
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 | 310.16° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 129.93° |
| Illuminated fraction | 17.91% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 53.3° / 230.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 11m / 13.45° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 49.06° / -4.19° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.40° / 5.80° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -125.12° / -1.46° |
| Position angle of the axis | 343.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 70.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.