The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, June 24, 1999
Waxing Gibbous
84.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 36°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:16 PM
3:32 AM
36°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 84.4%
- Age
- 10.9 days
- Distance
- 405,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 946
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Jun 24, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 133.52° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 46.59° |
| Illuminated fraction | 84.36% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -54.9° / 43.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 01m / -11.76° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 226.23° / 5.15° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.79° / -6.39° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 48.77° / -1.07° |
| Position angle of the axis | 16.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 290.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.