The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, June 30, 2017
First Quarter
46.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 49°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:19 PM
1:08 AM
49°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 46.4%
- Age
- 6.6 days
- Distance
- 390,700 km
- Apparent size
- 30.6′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1169
Events on this date
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First Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon is high at sunset and sets around midnight.
Exact values
For Jun 30, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 85.70° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 94.15° |
| Illuminated fraction | 46.38% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -14.6° / 76.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 23m / 1.12° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 184.75° / 3.28° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.84° / -4.00° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 101.21° / -1.13° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 293.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.