The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, June 24, 1936
Waxing Crescent
30.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 52°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
11:44 AM
52°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 30.0%
- Age
- 5.4 days
- Distance
- 398,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Sextans
- Lunation number
- 167
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Jun 24, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 66.20° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 113.57° |
| Illuminated fraction | 30.01% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 2.3° / 87.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 36m / 3.68° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 159.14° / -4.81° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.00° / 6.54° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 117.84° / 0.01° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 294.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.