The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, June 30, 2172
Waxing Gibbous
64.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 37°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:16 PM
1:48 AM
37°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 64.5%
- Age
- 9.2 days
- Distance
- 373,300 km
- Apparent size
- 32.0′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 3086
Events on this date
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Moon and Mars close together
They pass 1.3° apart in the sky.
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Venus at greatest elongation
46° 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 | 106.75° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 73.11° |
| Illuminated fraction | 64.52% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -35.6° / 71.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 38m / -9.87° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 206.33° / 0.30° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.00° / -0.09° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 66.36° / 1.43° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 291.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.