The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, June 30, 2018
Waning Gibbous
94.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
10:53 PM
8:13 AM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 94.7%
- Age
- 16.8 days
- Distance
- 405,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 1181
Events on this date
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Moon and Mars close together
They pass 4.7° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jun 30, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 206.77° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 26.70° |
| Illuminated fraction | 94.67% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -40.9° / 279.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 32m / -18.84° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 305.59° / 0.03° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.12° / 0.16° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -28.19° / -0.75° |
| Position angle of the axis | 344.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 76.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.