The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, June 24, 1906
Waxing Crescent
7.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
7:30 AM
10:07 PM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 7.2%
- Age
- 2.7 days
- Distance
- 395,100 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- -204
Events on this date
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Moon and Venus close together
They pass 2.5° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jun 24, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 30.95° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 148.96° |
| Illuminated fraction | 7.16% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 48.0° / 108.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 21m / 18.66° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 123.20° / -0.81° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.76° / 1.39° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 143.63° / -1.05° |
| Position angle of the axis | 15.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 285.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.