The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, June 30, 2079
Waxing Crescent
4.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 74°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
7:33 AM
11:05 PM
74°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 4.0%
- Age
- 1.6 days
- Distance
- 363,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.9′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 1936
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 | 22.60° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 156.82° |
| Illuminated fraction | 4.04% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 45.6° / 95.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 21m / 24.68° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 121.68° / 5.03° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.16° / -6.31° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 161.81° / 1.44° |
| Position angle of the axis | 13.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 272.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.