The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, June 30, 2026
Waning Gibbous
99.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 22°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
10:01 PM
6:18 AM
22°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.5%
- Age
- 15.5 days
- Distance
- 404,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1280
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 | 187.34° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 8.14° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.50% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -60.0° / 287.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 12m / -26.01° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 286.23° / -3.59° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.61° / 4.96° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -9.61° / 1.29° |
| Position angle of the axis | 354.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 111.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.