The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, June 24, 1946
Waning Crescent
27.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 56°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:44 AM
3:57 PM
56°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 27.0%
- Age
- 24.8 days
- Distance
- 368,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.5′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 290
Events on this date
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Mercury and Saturn close together
They pass 1.5° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jun 24, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 297.52° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 117.32° |
| Illuminated fraction | 27.05% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 41.3° / 238.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 58m / 7.65° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 30.04° / -4.10° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.68° / 5.63° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -122.52° / 0.33° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 67.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.