The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, June 24, 1940
Waning Gibbous
77.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 40°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:49 AM
40°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 77.9%
- Age
- 18.6 days
- Distance
- 399,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 216
Events on this date
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Mercury at greatest elongation
25° from the Sun in the evening sky, its best showing after sunset.
Exact values
For Jun 24, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 236.06° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 56.02° |
| Illuminated fraction | 77.94% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -13.2° / 269.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 59m / -8.31° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 329.03° / 3.73° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.60° / -4.60° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -52.59° / -1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 67.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.