The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, June 24, 2051
Full Moon
99.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
9:18 PM
6:36 AM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.6%
- Age
- 15.9 days
- Distance
- 385,800 km
- Apparent size
- 31.0′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1589
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 24, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 184.94° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 6.78° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.65% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -57.5° / 302.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 34m / -18.51° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 278.07° / 4.68° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.50° / -5.76° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -10.02° / -1.39° |
| Position angle of the axis | 357.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 43.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.