The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, June 24, 1900
Waning Crescent
6.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 71°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
2:53 AM
5:59 PM
71°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 6.4%
- Age
- 27.1 days
- Distance
- 377,600 km
- Apparent size
- 31.6′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- -279
Events on this date
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Moon and Mars close together
They pass 1.5° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jun 24, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 330.81° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 150.73° |
| Illuminated fraction | 6.38% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 62.7° / 233.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 05m / 21.53° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 63.49° / 0.68° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.10° / -0.57° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -146.31° / -0.62° |
| Position angle of the axis | 347.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 79.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.