The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, June 30, 2021
Waning Gibbous
62.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 42°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:57 AM
12:24 PM
42°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 62.2%
- Age
- 20.2 days
- Distance
- 391,600 km
- Apparent size
- 30.5′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 1218
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 4.0° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jun 30, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 256.01° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 75.92° |
| Illuminated fraction | 62.16% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 3.8° / 257.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 50m / -6.60° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 355.09° / -5.06° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.83° / 6.84° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -69.21° / 0.81° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 67.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.