The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, June 25, 1999
Waxing Gibbous
90.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 33°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:12 PM
4:03 AM
33°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 90.6%
- Age
- 11.9 days
- Distance
- 405,800 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 946
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 405,800 km.
Exact values
For Jun 25, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 144.43° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 35.79° |
| Illuminated fraction | 90.56% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -62.5° / 28.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 48m / -14.87° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 238.10° / 4.99° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.35° / -6.19° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 36.57° / -1.06° |
| Position angle of the axis | 12.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 289.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.