The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, June 30, 1999
Waning Gibbous
97.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
10:25 PM
7:41 AM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 97.0%
- Age
- 16.9 days
- Distance
- 397,200 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 946
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 0.6° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jun 30, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 199.86° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 19.85° |
| Illuminated fraction | 97.03% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -46.7° / 285.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 00m / -19.19° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 298.29° / 1.34° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.14° / -1.54° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -24.41° / -0.95° |
| Position angle of the axis | 347.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 75.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.