The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, June 30, 2148
Waxing Gibbous
98.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
7:56 PM
5:05 AM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.0%
- Age
- 14.3 days
- Distance
- 384,300 km
- Apparent size
- 31.1′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 2789
Events on this date
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Mercury behind the Sun
On the far side of the Sun and lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Jun 30, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 164.24° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 16.17° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.02% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -68.7° / 341.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 33m / -19.40° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 263.63° / 3.87° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.14° / -4.73° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 10.58° / -0.89° |
| Position angle of the axis | 1.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 285.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.