The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, June 24, 1950
Waxing Gibbous
66.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 37°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:24 PM
1:55 AM
37°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 66.3%
- Age
- 9.0 days
- Distance
- 368,600 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 340
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 2.6° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jun 24, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 108.90° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 70.98° |
| Illuminated fraction | 66.30% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -36.9° / 69.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 17m / -9.86° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 201.46° / -1.60° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.72° / 2.37° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 66.56° / 1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 291.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.