The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, June 30, 2087
New Moon
0.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
6:29 AM
9:14 PM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.2%
- Age
- 0.3 days
- Distance
- 368,400 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 2035
Events on this date
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New Moon
The Moon passes between Earth and the Sun and cannot be seen. These are the darkest nights of the month.
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Mercury at greatest elongation
22° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.
Exact values
For Jun 30, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 3.63° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 174.69° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.21% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 57.9° / 123.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 54m / 18.97° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 102.78° / -3.86° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.45° / 5.40° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -179.52° / -1.11° |
| Position angle of the axis | 4.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 321.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.