The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, June 30, 1998
Waxing Crescent
39.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 52°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:39 PM
12:45 AM
52°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 39.6%
- Age
- 6.5 days
- Distance
- 401,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 934
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 | 77.80° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 102.04° |
| Illuminated fraction | 39.57% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -7.4° / 79.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 50m / 3.29° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 176.47° / 2.05° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.78° / -2.42° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 105.02° / -1.28° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 293.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.