The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, June 24, 1939
First Quarter
55.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 42°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:16 PM
1:16 AM
42°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 55.4%
- Age
- 7.1 days
- Distance
- 375,000 km
- Apparent size
- 31.9′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 204
Events on this date
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First Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon is high at sunset and sets around midnight.
Exact values
For Jun 24, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 96.11° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 83.75° |
| Illuminated fraction | 55.44% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -25.1° / 75.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 27m / -5.57° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 188.36° / -2.45° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.17° / 3.38° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 88.99° / -1.27° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 292.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.