The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, June 30, 2012
Waxing Gibbous
86.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 28°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
5:59 PM
3:00 AM
28°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 86.6%
- Age
- 11.0 days
- Distance
- 363,200 km
- Apparent size
- 32.9′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 1107
Events on this date
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Mercury at greatest elongation
26° from the Sun in the evening sky, its best showing after sunset.
Exact values
For Jun 30, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 137.03° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 42.88° |
| Illuminated fraction | 86.64% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -62.7° / 50.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 35m / -20.07° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 236.29° / -0.77° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.92° / 1.22° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 41.55° / -0.89° |
| Position angle of the axis | 15.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 282.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.