The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, June 30, 2014
Waxing Crescent
10.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 61°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:18 AM
10:57 PM
61°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 10.1%
- Age
- 3.3 days
- Distance
- 405,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 1132
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 405,900 km.
Exact values
For Jun 30, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 36.71° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 142.94° |
| Illuminated fraction | 10.10% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 28.9° / 100.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 06m / 11.68° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 135.50° / -4.71° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.08° / 6.48° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 142.32° / -1.50° |
| Position angle of the axis | 17.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 293.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.