The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, June 24, 1938
Waning Crescent
14.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 67°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
3:05 AM
5:40 PM
67°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 14.6%
- Age
- 26.1 days
- Distance
- 367,400 km
- Apparent size
- 32.5′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 191
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 1.3° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jun 24, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 315.19° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 135.09° |
| Illuminated fraction | 14.59% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 59.1° / 230.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 00m / 17.87° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 47.66° / 0.80° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.46° / -0.74° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -141.17° / -0.91° |
| Position angle of the axis | 342.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 74.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.