The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, June 30, 2016
Waning Crescent
18.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 62°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:04 AM
4:59 PM
62°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 18.9%
- Age
- 25.5 days
- Distance
- 366,200 km
- Apparent size
- 32.6′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 1156
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 | 308.75° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 128.50° |
| Illuminated fraction | 18.88% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 52.0° / 231.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 07m / 12.86° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 48.03° / -4.51° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.85° / 6.20° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -128.92° / -1.38° |
| Position angle of the axis | 343.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 70.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.