The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, June 16, 2024
Waxing Gibbous
72.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 38°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:55 PM
2:31 AM
38°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 72.5%
- Age
- 10.1 days
- Distance
- 401,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1255
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Jun 16, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 116.66° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 63.21° |
| Illuminated fraction | 72.54% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -42.5° / 62.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 23m / -9.62° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 202.66° / -0.86° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.06° / 1.43° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 60.56° / 1.50° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 291.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.