The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, June 24, 1943
Last Quarter
52.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 45°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:27 AM
1:22 PM
45°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 52.0%
- Age
- 21.7 days
- Distance
- 376,100 km
- Apparent size
- 31.8′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 253
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For Jun 24, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 267.81° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 87.67° |
| Illuminated fraction | 52.03% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 14.0° / 252.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 06m / -3.22° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 0.07° / -3.54° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.28° / 4.87° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -81.41° / -1.07° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 66.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.