The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, June 30, 2011
Waning Crescent
0.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 73°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
5:20 AM
8:36 PM
73°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.6%
- Age
- 28.8 days
- Distance
- 384,800 km
- Apparent size
- 31.0′
- Constellation
- Orion
- Lunation number
- 1094
Events on this date
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Moon and Venus close together
They pass 0.1° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jun 30, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 351.34° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 171.30° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.58% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 68.6° / 140.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 59m / 22.85° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 89.88° / -0.59° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.01° / 1.04° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -176.50° / -0.38° |
| Position angle of the axis | 358.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 84.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.