The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, June 30, 1996
Full Moon
99.4% 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
8:30 PM
5:42 AM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.4%
- Age
- 14.6 days
- Distance
- 359,400 km
- Apparent size
- 33.2′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 909
Events on this date
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Full Moon
The whole disc is lit. The Moon rises around sunset and stays up all night.
Exact values
For Jun 30, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 172.90° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 8.61° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.44% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -64.7° / 322.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 09m / -18.51° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 272.03° / 4.92° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.96° / -6.03° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 4.36° / -1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 359.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 300.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.