The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, June 24, 1945
Waxing Gibbous
99.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 29°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
8:23 PM
5:15 AM
29°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.0%
- Age
- 14.5 days
- Distance
- 393,500 km
- Apparent size
- 30.4′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 278
Events on this date
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Mercury and Saturn close together
They pass 2.2° apart in the sky.
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Venus at greatest elongation
46° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.
Exact values
For Jun 24, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 168.69° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 11.39° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.01% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -69.4° / 328.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 23m / -21.56° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 261.44° / 1.61° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.41° / -1.82° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 6.95° / -0.22° |
| Position angle of the axis | 2.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 280.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.