The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, June 24, 1937
Waning Gibbous
99.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 28°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
9:38 PM
6:40 AM
28°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.5%
- Age
- 15.8 days
- Distance
- 400,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 179
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 | 187.89° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 8.19° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.49% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -57.0° / 295.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 45m / -20.76° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 280.59° / 2.27° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.20° / -2.63° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -11.64° / -0.48° |
| Position angle of the axis | 357.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 71.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.