The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, June 24, 1956
Waning Gibbous
98.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
10:00 PM
7:21 AM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.1%
- Age
- 15.8 days
- Distance
- 405,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 414
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 | 195.36° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 15.68° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.14% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -50.2° / 290.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 18m / -18.81° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 288.44° / 3.39° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.63° / -4.13° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -15.41° / -0.71° |
| Position angle of the axis | 353.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 71.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.