The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, June 30, 2054
Waning Crescent
27.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 58°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:35 AM
3:59 PM
58°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 27.2%
- Age
- 24.6 days
- Distance
- 385,800 km
- Apparent size
- 31.0′
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Lunation number
- 1626
Events on this date
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Moon and Mars close together
They pass 2.9° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jun 30, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 297.40° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 117.17° |
| Illuminated fraction | 27.17% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 42.2° / 240.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 23m / 9.22° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 36.52° / -4.72° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.69° / 6.45° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -124.28° / -1.21° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 68.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.