The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, June 30, 2010
Waning Gibbous
84.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 38°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:27 PM
10:06 AM
38°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 84.3%
- Age
- 18.2 days
- Distance
- 404,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 1082
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 4.3° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jun 30, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 226.71° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 46.71° |
| Illuminated fraction | 84.29% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -21.1° / 274.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 46m / -9.59° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 325.48° / 3.65° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.04° / -4.43° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -46.78° / 0.07° |
| Position angle of the axis | 341.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 67.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.