The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, June 30, 2055
Waxing Crescent
36.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 54°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:16 PM
12:39 AM
54°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 36.1%
- Age
- 5.7 days
- Distance
- 369,300 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1639
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 369,300 km.
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Venus at its brightest
Shines at magnitude -4.7, as bright as it gets this time around.
Exact values
For Jun 30, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 73.68° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 106.15° |
| Illuminated fraction | 36.09% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -3.1° / 79.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 38m / 6.16° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 172.57° / 3.50° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.54° / -4.22° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 105.85° / -0.84° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 292.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.