The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, June 24, 1942
Waxing Gibbous
79.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 38°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:41 PM
3:04 AM
38°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 79.3%
- Age
- 10.8 days
- Distance
- 367,100 km
- Apparent size
- 32.5′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 241
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 | 125.93° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 54.08° |
| Illuminated fraction | 79.33% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -49.4° / 52.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 30m / -10.08° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 218.43° / 4.48° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.53° / -5.44° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 47.95° / -1.39° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 291.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.