The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, June 30, 2020
Waxing Gibbous
75.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 36°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:22 PM
2:40 AM
36°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 75.7%
- Age
- 9.4 days
- Distance
- 369,100 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 1206
Events on this date
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Mercury at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Jun 30, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 120.92° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 59.04° |
| Illuminated fraction | 75.72% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -46.7° / 59.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 36m / -11.11° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 220.24° / 3.98° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.87° / -4.76° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 60.16° / 0.28° |
| Position angle of the axis | 16.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 290.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.