The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, June 24, 1913
Waning Gibbous
68.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 39°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:54 PM
10:39 AM
39°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 68.9%
- Age
- 19.9 days
- Distance
- 404,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- -118
Events on this date
-
Mercury and Neptune close together
They pass 2.1° apart in the sky.
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 404,300 km.
Exact values
For Jun 24, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 247.95° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 67.82° |
| Illuminated fraction | 68.88% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -15.0° / 270.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 50m / -9.05° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 340.49° / -1.52° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.88° / 2.28° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -67.91° / 1.56° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 68.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.