The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, June 24, 1927
Waning Crescent
25.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 57°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:52 AM
4:07 PM
57°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 25.4%
- Age
- 24.8 days
- Distance
- 368,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Lunation number
- 55
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 368,800 km.
Exact values
For Jun 24, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 299.71° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 119.50° |
| Illuminated fraction | 25.38% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 43.0° / 236.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 05m / 8.00° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 31.85° / -4.38° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.34° / 6.00° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -118.70° / 0.14° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 67.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.