The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, June 30, 2180
First Quarter
50.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 41°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:55 PM
12:44 AM
41°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 50.4%
- Age
- 7.4 days
- Distance
- 372,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.0′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 3185
Events on this date
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First Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon is high at sunset and sets around midnight.
-
Saturn 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 | 90.30° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 89.56° |
| Illuminated fraction | 50.39% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -21.4° / 81.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 31m / -7.33° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 189.96° / -3.68° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.60° / 4.99° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 84.98° / -1.06° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 293.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.