The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, June 24, 1955
Waxing Crescent
25.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 54°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
11:16 AM
54°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 25.8%
- Age
- 4.5 days
- Distance
- 378,000 km
- Apparent size
- 31.6′
- Constellation
- Sextans
- Lunation number
- 402
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Jun 24, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 60.80° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 118.96° |
| Illuminated fraction | 25.79% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 7.2° / 89.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 13m / 5.80° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 153.17° / -4.87° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 8.05° / 6.60° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 126.27° / -0.17° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 293.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.