The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, June 30, 2013
Last Quarter
45.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 57°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:04 AM
2:18 PM
57°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 45.4%
- Age
- 22.0 days
- Distance
- 389,500 km
- Apparent size
- 30.7′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1119
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 3.5° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jun 30, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 275.48° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 95.33° |
| Illuminated fraction | 45.35% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 24.6° / 258.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 49m / 8.16° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 14.51° / 2.65° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.78° / -3.14° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -87.83° / -1.28° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 67.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.