The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, June 30, 2015
Waxing Gibbous
97.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
7:39 PM
4:58 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 97.3%
- Age
- 14.1 days
- Distance
- 380,300 km
- Apparent size
- 31.4′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 1144
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Jun 30, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 161.66° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 18.90° |
| Illuminated fraction | 97.30% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -68.2° / 349.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 19m / -18.24° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 260.22° / 4.84° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.61° / -5.98° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 12.75° / -1.55° |
| Position angle of the axis | 4.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 287.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.