The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, June 24, 1954
Waning Crescent
40.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 59°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:18 AM
2:47 PM
59°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 40.5%
- Age
- 23.5 days
- Distance
- 369,300 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 389
Events on this date
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Mars at opposition
Opposite the Sun in the sky: up all night and at its brightest for the year.
Exact values
For Jun 24, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 281.15° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 100.97° |
| Illuminated fraction | 40.49% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 29.6° / 257.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 42m / 10.28° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 13.75° / 5.27° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.68° / -6.52° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -103.86° / 0.33° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 67.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.