The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, June 30, 2096
Waxing Gibbous
78.1% 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
4:43 PM
2:40 AM
33°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 78.1%
- Age
- 10.3 days
- Distance
- 405,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 2146
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 405,000 km.
Exact values
For Jun 30, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 124.02° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 55.86° |
| Illuminated fraction | 78.06% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -50.7° / 60.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 48m / -14.63° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 223.95° / 1.46° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.85° / -1.56° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 57.15° / 1.03° |
| Position angle of the axis | 15.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 287.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.