The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, June 30, 2047
First Quarter
49.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 40°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:51 PM
12:37 AM
40°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 49.3%
- Age
- 7.2 days
- Distance
- 371,400 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1540
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 | 89.11° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 90.75° |
| Illuminated fraction | 49.35% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -20.5° / 83.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 21m / -7.95° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 187.94° / -5.23° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.69° / 6.98° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 87.20° / 0.23° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 293.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.