The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, June 24, 1948
Waning Gibbous
90.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 25°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
11:50 PM
8:37 AM
25°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 90.6%
- Age
- 17.1 days
- Distance
- 403,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 315
Events on this date
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Venus at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Jun 24, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 215.41° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 35.64° |
| Illuminated fraction | 90.64% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -35.5° / 268.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 49m / -23.07° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 308.43° / -5.09° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.62° / 6.89° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -34.00° / 1.26° |
| Position angle of the axis | 344.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 82.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.